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Salmonellae under the magnifying glass
Bacteria of the Salmonella genus can gain entry to the human body through spoiled or contaminated foods and then cause severe diarrhoeal diseases. But salmonellae can be useful as well: They can colonise tumours to the effect that these can be detected and tackled by…
Double strike against bacteria and viruses
A new class of substances is effective against both the AIDS pathogen, HIV, and antibiotics-resistant MRSA bacteria. These two pathogens often occur together. Scientists hope that it may be possible to control them with a single drug in the future. Scientists of the…
Rapid-Action Defence Used By Bacteria
When bacteria enter the body of a human or animal, they are recognised as foreign matter by the immune system. The immune cells, in turn, try to eliminate these foreign bodies. Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig and their…
Body Temperature Makes Bacteria Aggressive
Bacteria of the Yersinia genus elicit intestinal wall inflammation and serious diarrhoeal disease as well as other afflictions in humans. This genus includes the plague pathogen. Scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and their colleagues from…
Bacteria in cystic fibrosis lungs form very resistant biofilms
Cystic fibrosis, better known by the name of mucoviscidosis, is a pernicious hereditary disease. Due to a metabolic disorder, the bodily secretions of the patients contain too little water. One of the corollaries is that the mucus in the bronchi of the patients is…
Stephan Weil visits the HZI
On Wednesday, 20 May 2015, Lower Saxony's Minister President Stephan Weil will visit the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig. During his visit, he will get an overview of the work at the Centre and participate in a discussion session with…
Working together to understand the tricks of viruses
The strong influenza epidemic in the past winter and the Ebola - Epidemic in West Africa showed that there still is a large need for research in virology. But the focus also needs to be on less well-known viral infections. For example, the interaction between Viruses…
Jump-starting the body's tumour defence
As early as 150 years ago, doctors observed a positive influence of bacterial infections in cancer patients. Despite much progress has been made in the past decades, this therapeutic approach failed to achieve a breakthrough. It remained unclear how the bacteria act…
Federal Secretary of Health visits HZI
On Wednesday, 13 May 2015, Federal Minister of Health Hermann Gröhe will visit the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research in Braunschweig. In the presence of Lord Mayor of the City of Braunschweig Ulrich Markurth and President of the Helmholtz Association of German…
Wanted: New approach in the fight against herpes viruses
Almost every human is a carrier of herpes viruses. Usually, an inactive form of the virus is present in the body. Problems due to the virus usually arise only when the immune system of the host is compromised. Scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research…
