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Marburg

American  
[mahr-boork, mahr-burg] / ˈmɑr bʊərk, ˈmɑr bɜrg /

noun

  1. a city in central Germany.

  2. German name of Maribor.


Marburg British  
/ ˈmɑːˌbɜːɡ, ˈmaːrbʊrk /

noun

  1. a city in W central Germany, in Hesse: famous for the religious debate between Luther and Zwingli in 1529; Europe's first Protestant university (1527). Pop: 78 511 (2003 est)

  2. the German name for Maribor

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After the war, Habermas studied philosophy and earned a doctorate from Marburg University before joining the University of Frankfurt's Institute of Social Research.

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Working with Professor Roland Lill and his team at the University of Marburg, the researchers uncovered how D-Cys harms cancer cells.

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Today, bats often fill this role for viruses such as Ebola and the Marburg virus.

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The group included scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, the University of Ohio and the Philipps-University Marburg.

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Bats are recognized as natural hosts for many zoonotic viruses, including rabies, Nipah, Hendra, Marburg, and SARS-CoV-1.

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