Paul Racz

Paul Racz (actually Paul Rácz; * 1925 ) is a German doctor from Hungary, known for his contributions to AIDS research.

Paul Racz studied in Budapest and came to West Germany from Hungary in 1963 with his wife Klara Tenner-Racz . First they were in Bonn and Kiel and from 1973 at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg. Racz is emeritus professor of pathology at the University of Hamburg and heads the pathology department and the Körber laboratory for AIDS research at the Bernhard Nocht Institute.

Racz and Klara Tenner-Racz have been researching AIDS infections since they first appeared in Hamburg in 1983. They discovered in the 1980s that the pathogen preferentially affects the lymphatic system (especially the germinal centers and lymph nodes) and is still detectable there when it is in the Blood can no longer be detected (the lymphatic system forms a reservoir for the virus). They developed a diagnostic method of the stages of the disease via the condition of the organs of the lymphatic system, which is a standard method in assessing the success of therapy with the usual combination products ( HAART ) in AIDS.

Even after their retirement, the couple continued to research, for example, changes in the intestinal mucosa in AIDS infections - together with others, they found that T-helper cells against the virus in the intestine are destroyed by the virus at an early stage during infection.

In 2006 he and Klara Tenner-Racz received the Dr. Friedrich Sasse Prize . In 2000 both received the Medal for Art and Science of the City of Hamburg and in 2005 the Federal Order of Merit.

Paul Racz and Klara Tenner-Racz have known each other from Budapest since 1958 and went to Germany together in 1963.

Web links

• The Racz couple at the BNI

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sasse Prize for Racz and Tenner-Racz
2. ↑ Communication from the Bernhard Nocht Institute
3. ^ History of the Bernhard Nocht Institute