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calendar regular04.02.2025

World Cancer Day 2025: Drug-Repurposing 

Prof. Torsten Goldmann and his team from the “Histology” are investigating the TGF-beta signaling pathway in lung cancer as a new therapeutic target in a project funded by the German Centre for Lung Research (DZL).

calendar regular03.02.2025

New RNA-based biomarker TB27 enables rapid monitoring of therapy response in tuberculosis

Borstel, 03.02.2025 – A team of researchers led by Dr. Maja Reimann at the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, has developed an RNA-based biomarker that can monitor treatment response in tuberculosis (TB) without bacterial culture.

calendar regular30.01.2025

Molecular Bacterial Load Assay (MBLA): New method can rapidly and accurately predict the effectiveness of tuberculosis therapy

Emerging drug-resistant strains are posing significant challenges to the global fight against tuberculosis (TB) and it is a critical task to detect treatment failure as early as possible. Researchers from the Marius Nasta Institute (MNI) and the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (FZB) have now evaluated a new test for the early detection of changes in the bacterial load of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which provides an indication of treatment success within hours. The results of the study have now been published in the Journal of Infection.

calendar regular27.01.2025

5. DanGer_ous Mycobacteria Club Meeting 2025 in Borstel

Leading tuberculosis researchers from Denmark, Germany and other countries gathered once again for the annual Danish-German (DanGer_ous) Mycobacteria Club Meeting.

calendar regular20.01.2025

Congratulations: Magna cum laude for Gishnu Harikumar Parvathy

Gishnu Harikumar Parvathy from the research group “ Host determinants in lung infections” successfully passed his doctoral examination at the University of Lübeck on January 15, 2025.

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