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2021-07-15
Autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis or multiple sclerosis, in which the body's own immune system causes inflammation, are treated with drugs that remove a certain type of immune cells. These are the so-called B cells, whose most important role is the production of antibodies against pathogens, for example during an infection. However, patients under therapy are thus…
2021-07-12
What was your first thought after you were told that you would receive the Foundation Award? This must be a joke! Normally, when someone calls and says that you have won something, they are mostly just phishing calls and it is better to hang up quickly. After a very nice conversation with the foundation's notary - Mr Burgemeister – I however was quickly convinced that I had indeed…
In the first step, the researchers isolated the genetic information of immune cells, which are producing anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, from blood samples from local convalescent COVID-19 patients. From the collected antibody genes, they constructed a phage display library. Nearly 200 unique human antibodies binding to the Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) in the spike protein of…
2021-07-09
Aus der MHH stammen Bioproben und Daten der „COVID-19-Kohorte“, die seit März 2020 von unterschiedlich stark am Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 erkrankten Patientinnen und Patienten sowie Kontrollproben von Menschen mit anderen Atemwegserkrankungen aus verschiedenen MHH-Kliniken und dem Klinikum Region Hannover gesammelt und verglichen worden sind. Untergebracht ist die COVID-19-Biobank in der Hannover…
2021-07-02
“In our vision of the future, microbiology researchers will easily be able to translate existing research data into a deep understanding of microbial species and their molecular-level interactions,” says the consortium’s spokesman, Professor Konrad Förstner from ZB MED – Information Centre for Life Sciences. The consortium’s spokeswoman, Professor Alice McHardy from the…
