Viruses & Microorganisms

lazy bacteria

The Lazy Bacterium

27.08.2018

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology

A new model of bacterial growth shows that a certain amount of idleness may enable the cell to adapt quickly to a change in fortune

Urin Weill

Proteins Now on Loan in New Yeast Libraries

16.08.2018

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology

A new method helps researchers understand how the "moving parts" of a cell function

biofilm

Storming the Fortress: Cracking the Concrete Surrounding Bacterial Biofilms

21.05.2018

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers suggest a way to breach barriers to antibiotics

Students from Hakfar Hayrok School IMO Levi Eshkol prepared for the robot experiments with lab work in their school

Two Hundred Teens, Ten Days and a Robot: Investigating How Superbugs Evolve

30.04.2018

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Science Teaching

An intercontinental project has high school students doing real science

microbiome influences

Genetics or Lifestyle: What Is It That Shapes our Microbiome?

27.02.2018

Nutrition, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A study brings new hope for improving our health

Rejection and lack of rejection

Immune Tolerance May Open New Horizons for Bone Marrow and Organ Transplants

05.02.2018

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

An anticancer drug keeps recipient T cells from attacking donor cells

Phages attacking a bacterium_lab of Rotem Sorek

Bacterial Immune Systems Take the Stage

25.01.2018

Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Multiple new and unusual bacterial defense mechanisms could lead to new biotech tools

Paired ribosomes

The Protein that Puts Staphylococcus Ribosomes to Sleep

21.12.2017

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Paired ribosomes temporarily stop producing proteins. New research suggests a way to prevent this pairing so that antibiotics can make the stoppage...

malaria vesicles

How Malaria Tricks the Immune System

07.12.2017

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer

The new study suggest a possible defense in the battle against this deadly disease

Dr. Daniella Schatz and Prof. Assaf Vardi

Algae Open “Message in a Bottle” at Their Own Risk

09.11.2017

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Environment, Environment, Climate

Are tiny packages of cellular material helping the algal cells or the viruses that infect them?

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