An international research group led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a promising new drug candidate against severe lung infections caused by the hospital germ ...

Principle investigators Dr Peter Arkwright and Dr Joanne Pennock, both senior scientists at the University, identify ‘second immunoglobulin-binding protein’ - or ‘Sbi’ - as a unique trigger of eczema ...

Bacteria, which are susceptible to infection by bacteriophages, often carry multiple genes encoding anti-phage defense ...

Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, ...

A key to antibiotic resistance might be the use of viruses to kill bacteria, however, the systems that bacteria employ to defense themselves against viruses are unknown. Understanding these systems ...

An international research group led by the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research has discovered a promising new drug candidate against severe lung infections caused by the hospital germ ...

Hemolysin is a protein that forms pores in cell membranes ... the case of an acute lung infection with the highly virulent S. aureus USA300 strain, both when administered preventively or ...