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Press releases 25.04.2024

Climate crisis, globalisation and urbanisation

Hamburg on World Malaria Day, 25 April 2024 - Malaria occurs mainly in rural areas: The vector mosquito Anopheles prefers clean natural…

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Announcements 22.04.2024

Zero maternal mortality at Ghanaian cooperation hospital of BNITM

The Presbyterian Hospital in Agogo, Ghana, recorded no deaths among women during or after childbirth last year. This is a great medical…

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Announcements 04.04.2024

Dead cells support the functionality and diversity of the immune system's phagocytes

You are what you eat - this also applies to certain phagocytes of the innate immune system, the so-called phagocytic macrophages. In a…

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Press releases 21.03.2024

New pioneering Leibniz Lab to combat future pandemics

The new Leibniz Lab "Pandemic Preparedness: One Health, One Future" links excellent inter- and transdisciplinary research from 41 Leibniz…

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Public Events 20.03.2024

Jugendzukunftstag 2024🏳️‍🌈

20.03.2024

Rein in den Kittel, Mund-Nasen-Schutz auf, Handschuhe an und ab ins Labor! Das Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin (BNITM) hat am 20.…

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Research Highlights 27.02.2024

Viral RNA triggers critical steps in Lassa virus life cycle

Understanding viral processes in human host cells is key to developing new antiviral drugs against the Lassa virus. Scientists from several…

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Press releases 15.02.2024

Further growth spurt at BNITM

The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) is comprehensively putting its research on a digital footing: From 2025, it will…

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Announcements 13.02.2024

Motility crucial for pathogenicity of parasitic amoebae

An infection with the single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica is usually asymptomatic, but it can also lead to an intestinal infection…

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Announcements 06.02.2024

BNITM joins Nigeria’s effort to fight the ongoing Lassa fever outbreak

A clinical and laboratory team from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) has been deployed to the epicenter of the…

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Announcements 31.01.2024

Rapid epidemic preparedness and response with a global reach

The European Mobile Lab (EMLab) managed at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) is now a certified capacity from…

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Press releases 22.01.2024

Focus on the long-term consequences of infections

The emergence of Long COVID has raised awareness of the long-term consequences of infections. However, other infections can also have…

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Announcements 17.01.2024

World Day against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) on 30 January 2024

According to estimates by the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 1.5 billion people are affected by neglected tropical diseases…

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Public Events 03.01.2024

Forschen, Heilen, Lehren 2023

07.05.2024 | 16:00-17:30 Uhr

Kommen Sie zu einer unserer beliebten Infoveranstaltungen im historischen Hörsaal des Bernhard-Nocht-Instituts für Tropenmedizin (BNITM)!…

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