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29.02.2012
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23.02.2012
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Dangerous bacterium gets cold feet
In medieval Europe, the Black Death once decimated large parts of the population. Although in Europe no longer a genuine cause for concern, in Africa, South America, and India the Bubonic plague still to this day poses a viable threat to public health. The culprit behind the pandemic is a bacterium of the genus Yersinia. Each year in Germany, the pathogen's slightly less virulent relative is responsible for causing several thousand cases of diarrheal disease – often times with serious consequences. Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany, working closely with their colleagues at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, have identified a mechanism that enables these bacteria to turn on their weaponry once inside the host. It turns out that Yersinia possesses a built-in molecular thermometer that jump-starts the bacterial pathogenic program at precisely 37 degrees Celsius, which corresponds to normal human body temperature.
20.02.2012
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Targeting the bacterial protective shield
Slime-like and near impenetrable are biofilms built by a number of bacterial cells during the course of an infection. Typically, they are composed of long molecular strands called polymers. Many different species of bacteria, among them dangerous pathogens like Pseudomonas and Staphylococcus, use biofilms to shield themselves against the host's immune system attacks and antibiotics' pharmacological mechanism of action. In Germany alone, 100,000 infections annually are related to bacterial biofilms. A joint research initiative by the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany, and the TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, aims to target bacterial biofilms using Nature's own list of active ingredients.
10.02.2012
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Cancer Research Award for HZI Scientist
Prof. Dr. Lars Zender has received one of the most distinguished German cancer research awards. The Johann-Georg-Zimmermann Award, endowed with 10 000 Euro, highlights Zender’s findings on chronic liver damage and liver cancer development. Liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) developed in livers after chronic infection with Hepatitis-B and -C virus. Zender is heading a research group at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany, and holds a professorship for experimental gastrointestinal oncology at the Hannover Medical School (MHH). He has pioneered the development of systems to conduct RNA interference screens in vivo. The award ceremony took place on Monday, 16th January, at the MHH.
13.01.2012
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03.01.2012
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KI-Forschungsprojekt in Saarbrücken beschleunigt Entwicklung neuer Antibiotika

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Das DFKI hat zusammen mit dem Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland (HIPS), der ...

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SR Saarländischer Rundfunk
Sieben beeindruckende Fakten zu Braunschweig

... Forschungszentrum Fahrzeugtechnik (NFF) oder dem Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI).

 

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t-online.de
Hunting Viruses in the Rainforest

... including to Germany, for further testing. Professor Fabian Leendertz at the Helmholtz Institute for One ...

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Deutsche Welle
Ab 7. August Ausstellungsschiff MS Wissenschaft

Spannend: Am Exponat des Helmholtz-Instituts Saarland kann man nach Bodenbakterien suchen. | Foto: Ilja C. ...

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Die Rheinpfalz
Forschungskonsortium sucht mit Künstlicher Intelligenz nach neuen Antibiotikakandidaten

Sprachmodellen und Einzelzellanalysen bei, das Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland übernimmt die chemische Synthese ...

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Deutsches Ärzteblatt
OptimAIze: KI soll die Entwicklung neuer Antibiotika gegen resistente Keime beschleunigen

... in Wirkstoffdesign, Sprachmodellen und Einzelzellanalysen bei, das Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland ( HIPS ) ...

24.07.2026
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Management & Krankenhaus
ANTARES project launch: Artificial Intelligence aims to speed up the search for new antibacterials

together the Fraunhofer ITMP in Hamburg, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig and Enamine Deutschland GmbH from

23.07.2026
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Associated Press
Blocking Vitamin Uptake May Kill Superbugs

such a drug candidate. HIPS is a site of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in collaboration with Saarland University. The

22.07.2026
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Technology Networks
Long non-coding RNA emerges as a 'kill switch' for macrophages

Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg, a site of the Braunschweig Helmholtz Center for

20.07.2026
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Medical Xpress
„Notausschalter“ für Fresszellen

Forschende des Helmholtz-Instituts für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI) in Würzburg, einem Standort des Braunschweiger Helmholtz- ...

20.07.2026
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DeutschesGesundheitsPortal
Veränderte saisonale Häufungen: Atemwegsinfektionen und kardiovaskuläre Mortalität unter Einfluss der COVID-19-Pandemie

Berit Lange, Leiterin der Abteilung Epidemiologie, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Braunschweig , ergänzt: „Eine ...

17.07.2026
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Biermann Medizin
Erkältungswellen führen zu mehr Todesfällen durch Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen

Prof. Dr. Berit Lange gegenüber dem SMC . Sie ist Leiterin der Abteilung Epidemiologie am Helmholtz-Zentrum ...

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