Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
The scientists of the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research study the mechanisms involved in infectious diseases and defenses against them: What makes bacteria or viruses turn into disease-causing pathogens? How can we intervene in the infection process?
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11.05.09
EU awards three million Euro for pneumonia research
HZI coordinates international consortium of scientists for development of new drugs and vaccines against pneumococcal diseases.
Pneumonia infections are not only a problem of developing countries. In Germany more than 60.000 people die annually due to this disease, which is mostly caused by the bacterial species "Streptococcus pneumoniae". Combating pneumococcal infections is getting more and more difficult and current vaccines mediate only partial protection. 13 international research institutions representing 10...
27.04.09
Hepatitis B vaccine at low prices
Braunschweig-based Helmholtz researchers publish economical method for acquiring vaccines – help for poorer countries.
Infection with the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) continues to represent a significant problem worldwide: over two billion people are infected and 350 million suffer from chronic Hepatitis B. One of the countries in which Hepatitis B frequently occurs is India. In a German-Indian collaboration researchers from the Braunschweig Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) have now developed a new method...
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