Marburg
Americannoun
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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)
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the German name for Maribor
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“Around 10 million jobs are estimated to be directly or indirectly tied to Iran’s digital economy,” said Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, an economist specializing in the Middle East at Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Working with Professor Roland Lill and his team at the University of Marburg, the researchers uncovered how D-Cys harms cancer cells.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
These three additional monkeys were not quarantined, which is required by law to prevent deadly diseases — such as Ebola, Marburg and mpox — from spreading from primates to humans, prosecutors said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2025
USAID, Riedl explained, has played a critical role in monitoring and containing outbreaks of Ebola and the Marburg Virus in these and other countries.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025
The Sudan strain was more than twice as lethal as Marburg virus—its case-fatality rate was 50 percent.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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