While viruses and bacteria regularly manage to infect the human organism, fungi only very rarely succeed.

New gene correction therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy - Duchenne type muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common hereditary muscular disease among children, leaving them wheelchair-bound before the age of twelve and reducing life expectancy.

Therapeutic vaccination may help to cure chronic hepatitis B infection - Researchers at Technical University of Munich (TUM), Helmholtz Zentrum München and the German Center for Infection Research (DZ

Arthropods, a group of animals including next to insects also spiders or crustaceans, make up the most species-rich and diverse group of animals on Earth, with numerous adaptations that have allowed them to exploit all major ecosystems.