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09/26/2013

26 September 2013 Discovery of new mechanisms of action of therapeutic CD4 antibodies

A healthy immune system protects us daily from attacks by pathogens. However, when our defense gets out of balance and the immune cells are directed…

09/17/2013

17. September 2013 German-Argentinean cooperation blossoms out

The second German-Argentinean Workshop, which took place together with the TWINCORE-Symposium, was a complete success for our German-Argentinean…

09/03/2013

3 September 2013 New junior research group "Innate Immunity and Viral Evasion" at TWINCORE

The Institute for Experimental Virology ist strengthened by Dr. Christine Goffinet and her research group "Innate Immunity and Viral Evasion". In…

09/02/2013

2 September 2013 Targeted vaccination - Scientists at TWINCORE control the immune response against intracellular pathogens

Scientists at TWINCORE have managed to draw the attention of the immune system with a special vaccination on intracellular infections. There are still…

08/27/2013

27 August 2013 Kitchen spice against hepatitis-C - curcumin from turmeric spice prevents hepatitis C viruses to enter liver cells

The turmeric spice cannot be separated from Indian kitchen ingredients - probably because humans have known for centuries the spices beneficial effect…

08/20/2013

20. August 2013 Becton-Dickinson Biosciences PhD prize for Kathrin Hüging

For her dissertation on the hepatitis C virus Dr. Kathrin Hüging has received the 1000 Euro-doped Becton Dickinson Biosciences PhD Price of the…

07/05/2013

5 July 2013 Specific characteristics of hepatitis C virus - a first step towards individualized HCV therapy

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the most common infectious diseases worldwide with about 130 million people infected. In Germany…

06/13/2013

13 June 2013 Argentinean-Chilean delegation visits TWINCORE

High-profile guests from Argentina and Chile have informed themselves at 13th of June 2013 about TWINCORE and our South America initiatives. The…

05/02/2013

2 May 2013 Prize of the HZI for Christian Thomas Mayer - for his work on immune tolerance

Dr. Christian Thomas Mayer receives for his dissertation the Prize from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research which is endowed with 1,000 Euro .…

02/13/2013

13 February 2013 Viral gene therapy in congenital liver defects - safer than previously thought

Gene therapy of congenital genetic liver defects with viruses as gene vectors is much safer than scientists previously believed.This is proved by a…

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