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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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News

10.12.2025

Tuberculosis: Scientists develop novel drug candidate for combating resistant pathogens

Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center have developed a promising new substance for targeting bacteria that cause tuberculosis. The team have produced a compound that inhibits the pathogens’ ability to produce energy and causes them to die. Established drugs work in a similar fashion, but the pathogen is becoming increasingly resistant to these medications. The study was conducted joi
15.12.2025

BREATHE: International cooperation for training and patient care
The Research Center Borstel and the V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Kharkiv, Ukraine, together with additional Ukrainian partner institutions, have launched BREATHE, a Hospital Partnership designed to strengthen respiratory and infectious disease education and clinical capacity in Ukraine amid the ongoing war. 
08.12.2025

Neues Weißbuch zeigt: Allergien stellen eine wachsende Herausforderung dar

Die fünfte, umfassend überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage des „Weißbuch Allergie in Deutschland“ ist im Oktober dieses Jahres im Springer Medizin Verlag erschienen. Ein zentraler inhaltlicher Beitrag dieses Standardwerks stammt auch in dieser Auflage von Prof. Uta Jappe vom Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum (FZB). Gemeinsam mit den Kollegen Jörg Kleine-Tebbe✝, Berlin, und Richard Brans, Osnabrück, beleuchtet sie darin aktuelle wissenschaftliche Er

Studienzentrum

Contacts,
Name	Details
Dr. Niklas Köhler	FG Gruppe_en: Center for Clinical Studies Phone: +49 4537 / 188-3670 Leiter Studienzentrum
Johanna Döhling	FG Gruppe_en: Center for Clinical Studies Phone: +49 4537 / 188-3170, 8080
Lenka Krabbe	FG Gruppe_en: Center for Clinical Studies Phone: +49 4537 / 188-7060, 8080
Stefanie Berg	FG Gruppe_en: Center for Clinical Studies Phone: +49 4537 / 188-6361