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Die Lunge im Fokus
Die Lunge im Fokus
Die Lunge im Fokus
Die Lunge im Fokus
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Focus on the lungs
We are the lung research center of the Leibniz Association.
Our main focus: Common diseases such as asthma, allergies and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as infection-related inflammation of the lungs, in particular tuberculosis (TB).
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Chronic lung diseases
The program area is dedicated to research into asthma, COPD and allergies, as these are among the most common chronic diseases and therefore cause an enormous burden for both patients and healthcare systems.
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Infections
The Infections program area is dedicated to researching and combating bacterial infectious diseases of the lung with a focus on tuberculosis.
The aim is to improve the control and treatment of this disease.
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Science & Technology
This area combines overarching research units that are essential for research at the FZB and represent an important link between the subject areas.
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News

  • calendar regular01.12.2024

    Self-administered outpatient intravenous therapy of drug-resistant tuberculosis

    Borstel researchers show: Self-administered outpatient intravenous antimicrobial therapy in drug-resistant TB is effective and safe.

  • calendar regular24.11.2024

    ARMADA - childhood Asthma: micRobioMe And DNA-methylations in trained immunity to reset asthma

    The German-French research project aims to advance research in the field of pediatric respiratory medicine in the coming years and to create new paradigms for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.

  • calendar regular18.11.2024

    Stool-based diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children

    In a systematic review published in the current issue of The Lancet Microbe, the international Stool4TB consortium was able to show that stool-based PCR diagnostics increases the hit rate for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children under th

Events

  • DanGerOus Mycobacteria Club Meeting

    calendar regular24. Januar 2025
    location dot solidBorstel

  • Tuberkulose aktuell 2025

    calendar regular24. März 2025
    location dot solidBorstel

  • 37. Allergie-Kolloquium - „Update Allergologie“

    calendar regular10. Mai 2025
    location dot solidBorstel