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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).

Our Mission

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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.

Priority Research Area

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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.

To the program area

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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.

Further Information

News

01.12.2024

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.
24.11.2024

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.
18.11.2024

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