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How antibodies offer protection against an infection with HIV

Team of researchers can explain how HIV antibodies work

16-Oct-2023 - How do antibodies prevent an infection with HIV? This is a question that a team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Klaus Überla from the Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and Dr. Christiane Stahl-Hennig from the German Primate Center in Göttingen can now ...

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New SARS-CoV-2 variant Eris on the rise

SARS-CoV-2 lineage EG.5.1 has an advantage at evading neutralizing antibodies

18-Sep-2023 - As a result of vaccination or infection, our immune system produces antibodies that attach to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, preventing the virus from entering and replicating within cells. In response, the virus develops mutations that cause antibodies to bind less effectively to the spike ...

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Omicron subvariant infects more efficient

Future subvariants, however, could again become dangerous for at-risk patients.

04-Aug-2023 - Omicron-derived virus variants are currently responsible for most SARS-CoV-2 infections worldwide. Compared to earlier virus variants, Omikron causes severe disease less frequently. According to current knowledge, one important reason for this is that Omikron infects lung cells less effectively ...

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Those who are smarter live longer

Either being particularly smart or particularly explorative – both strategies can lead to longer life

14-Jul-2023 - Being smart pays off, as it allows for more balanced decision-making. However, the origins of these abilities during evolution remain largely unexplored. Only if smarter individuals enjoy better survival and have higher reproductive rates than their conspecifics, improved cognitive abilities can ...

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Brain research with organoids

Scientists develop effective method to genetically modify brain organoids

23-May-2023 - Primates are among the most intelligent creatures with distinct cognitive abilities. Their brains are relatively large in relation to their body stature and have a complex structure. However, how the brain has developed over the course of evolution and which genes are responsible for the high ...

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How well does the adapted Covid-19 vaccine protect?

Should I get another booster? And if so, which vaccine should be used?

09-Dec-2022 - These questions are asked by many citizens who have received the basic immunization consisting of usually three individual vaccine doses. A team of researchers from the German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research in Göttingen and Hannover Medical School studied ...

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New Omicron subvariant BQ.1.1 resistant to all therapeutic antibodies

Development of new antibody therapies necessary

25-Nov-2022 - Are the currently approved antibody therapies used to treat individuals at increased risk for severe COVID-19 disease also effective against currently circulating viral variants? A recent study by researchers at the German Primate Center (DPZ) – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research and ...

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The gene to which we owe our big brain

Brain organoids provide insights into the evolution of the human brain

15-Sep-2022 - ARHGAP11B - this complex name is given to a gene that is unique to humans and plays an essential role in the development of the neocortex. The neocortex is the part of the brain to which we owe our high mental abilities. A team of researchers from the German Primate Center (DPZ) - Leibniz ...

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Emerging Omicron subvariants are inhibited less efficiently by antibodies

Infections with the "old" omicron subvariants BA.1 and BA.2 provide little protection against the SARS-CoV-2 subvariant BA.5 causing a “summer wave” of cases in Germany

05-Jul-2022 - The Omicron subvariants BA.1 and BA.2 of SARS-CoV-2 have dominated the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2022. In many countries, these viruses are now outcompeted by emerging subvariants, with BA.5 being responsible for the current uptick of cases in Germany. However, it is at present largely unclear ...

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Restoring vision by gene therapy

Latest scientific findings give hope for people with incurable retinal degeneration

09-Jun-2020 - Humans rely dominantly on their eyesight. Losing vision means not being able to read, recognize faces or find objects. Macular degeneration is one of the major reasons for visual impairment, round the globe, close to 200 million people are affected. Photoreceptors in the retina are responsible to ...

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