News 2025
17.07.2025
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.
07.07.2025
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.
01.07.2025
European Advanced Course in Clinical Tuberculosis 2025 convenes global experts in Borstel Borstel, Germany
The European Advanced Course in Clinical Tuberculosis (EACCTB) 2025 concluded successfully this week, bringing together 120 clinicians, scientists, and public health professionals from 13 countries at the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center. This premier 3-day event provided a comprehensive update on the clinical management and research developments in tuberculosis (TB), a disease that continues to challenge global health systems.
20.06.2025
Neue Erkenntnisse zur Vielfalt der Darmmikrobiota
Ein internationales Forscherteam stellt Zusammenhang zwischen Zellform und Funktion des Darmbewohners Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron her. Auch die übergreifende Forschungseinheit „Fluoreszenz-Zytometrie“ des Forschungszentrums Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum, war an dieser Studie beteiligt und brachte ihre Expertise im Bereich der Zellanalyse und -sortierung ein.