News 2024
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 the age of 16 by 38% and thus represents a new standard for diagnostics in children.
13.11.2024
Ministry of Health Showcases Eswatini's Leadership in Genome-Based Diagnostics for Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis at the Sub-Saharan SeqNet Annual Meeting
In a major advancement for tuberculosis (TB) control and antimicrobial resistance, Eswatini’s Ministry of Health highlighted its pioneering work in introducing genome-based diagnostics for drug-resistant TB at the annual Sub-Saharan SeqNet project meeting. This high-level event convened nearly a hundred participants, including distinguished health experts, policy-makers, and global partners from Germany, Italy, the USA, Namibia, and Mozambique, to review progress and strategies in addressing one of Eswatini’s most pressing health challenges.
12.11.2024
Inhaled liposomal bedaquilin: A new nanomedicine in the fight against tuberculosis?
Researchers from the joint project “ANTI-TB” were able to show that the efficacy of bedaquiline - an important antibiotic in the fight against multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR.TB) - could be improved when the active ingredient was coupled to special nanostructures and transported directly into the lungs by inhalation.
11.11.2024
COPD & asthma: Fruit flies as an alternative model in lung research lung research
Around 600 million people worldwide suffer from asthma and COPD. In order to understand the development and progression of these chronic lung diseases mammalian models are often used in science to understand the development of these chronic lung diseases. Researchers from the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center and the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU) have used Drosophila melanogaster as an alternative model to study these respiratory diseases. In the current issue of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences show that the fruit fly can be a relevant and attractive alternative for future research. for future research.
08.11.2024
Borsteler Wissenschaftler erhält renommierten Robert-Koch-Postdoktoranden-Preis
Dr. Dr. Matthias Gröschel, Clinician Scientist am Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum und Arzt an der Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, wird heute im Rahmen einer feierlichen Preisverleihung in Berlin mit dem diesjährigen Robert-Koch-Preis für Postdoktoranden ausgezeichnet. Seine Forschung auf dem Gebiet der der Antibiotikaresistenzvorhersage und Verbreitung von Infektionserregern konnte die Jury überzeugen. Neben Matthias Gröschel erhielten ebenfalls Dr. Nora Schmidt vom Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research in Würzburg und Dr. rer. nat. Lucie Loyal vom Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) in Berlin den mit 5.000 Euro dotierten Preis. Die Preisverleihung wird heute live gestreamt.