News 2026
15.10.2026
25 years of TB genomics in Hamburg: Migration increases pathogen diversity, but local strains drive transmission
Migration has increased the genetic diversity of TB bacteria in Hamburg. Local transmission, however, has continued to be driven mainly by established strains. These findings are revealed in a long-term study recently published in Genome Medicine.
14.10.2026
SeqNET+ Consortium Meets to Strengthen Global Collaboration on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and other Pathogens
Drug-resistant tuberculosis remains a major and dangerous public health threat worldwide. Against this background, partners from four countries with a high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis—Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia, and Moldova—met with international partners for the first Annual Consortium Meeting of the SeqNET+ project.
07.10.2026
Tashkent Summit: Accelerating Action Against TB and HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The World Health Organization (WHO) European Region, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan convened on September 29th-30th for a high-level regional workshop in Tashkent aimed at strengthening health responses to tuberculosis (TB) and HIV across Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA).
05.10.2026
New drug candidate for asthma shows promise in a mouse model
Researchers at the Research Centre Borstel, Leibniz Lung Centre, have modified an endogenous anti-inflammatory messenger substance so that it remains active in the body for longer. In a mouse model, the new variant of interleukin-37 significantly reduced the typical symptoms of allergic asthma.
