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Prof Dr Mathias Munschauer
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Human in vitro lung models for testing inhaled drugs
The lung is a highly complex organ made up of over 50 different cell types. In the alveoli, a single layer of cells forms the barrier through which the exchange of oxygen and CO2 between the lungs and the bloodstream takes place. This barrier, also known as the…
A new addition to the CRISPR toolbox: Teaching the gene scissors to detect RNA
Bacteria have developed special defense mechanisms to protect themselves against viruses, which by no means infect only humans. As part of these so-called CRISPR-Cas systems, a CRISPR ribonucleic acid (crRNA), which serves as a “guide RNA,” recognizes regions of a…
Antibiotics of the future?
The collection of myxobacteria at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) has proven time and again to be a real treasure trove. The soil bacteria, which were initially regarded as not cultivable, have been grown and researched on a large scale since the 1970s…