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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).
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.
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News

  • calendar regular25.07.2025

    Global trial evaluates shortened treatment for highly drug-resistant tuberculosis

    A major international clinical trial published this week in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine has assessed the efficacy and safety of a novel, shortened treatment regimen for patients with pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (pre-XDR TB)—a form of tuberculosis that is resistant to both rifampicin and fluoroquinolones. 

  • calendar regular17.07.2025

    New study reveals alarmingly low treatment success rates for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe

    A landmark multinational study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe has revealed that only 40% of patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in the WHO European Region achieved successful treatment outcomes.

  • calendar regular07.07.2025

    How does resistance develop—and what can be done to preserve Antibiotic effectiveness?

    Using laboratory experiments and mathematical calculations, researchers at the FZB have for the first time been able to define the areas in which the development of resistance to two important tuberculosis drugs is favored.

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Events

  • Lipidomics Forum 2025

    calendar regular14. - 17. September 2025
    location dot solidUniversity Vienna, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, 1090 Vienna, Austria

  • Northern Germany Meeting on Infection, Immunology and Inflammation

    calendar regular08. Oktober 2025
    location dot solidBorstel

  • Antibiotics LC-MS/MS Quantitation - DZIF Online Course

    calendar regular16. Oktober 2025
    location dot solidonline