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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 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 o

Events

  • Leibniz Research Alliance  INFECTIONS - Symposium  “Antimicrobial resistance: The silent pandemic”

    calendar regular10.+11. März 2025
    location dot solidISAS, Dortmund

  • Tuberkulose aktuell 2025

    calendar regular24. März 2025
    location dot solidBorstel

  • 37. Allergie-Kolloquium - „Update Allergologie“

    calendar regular10. Mai 2025
    location dot solidBorstel