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Rotem Sorek

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17.08.2023

A newly discovered immune strategy protects bacteria and more advanced species, from corals to bees

Bacteriophages attacking a bacterium. Source: Prof. Graham Beards
25.10.2022

Weizmann Institute scientists reveal how viruses outwit cellular immune systems

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05.11.2020

Unusual structures in bacterial cells keep viral infection from spreading; a list of new ones could provide improved biotech tools 

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16.09.2020
Virus-fighting viperins, part of the human immune system, turn out to have bacterial counterparts that might boost the fight against human...
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29.01.2020

Two new patents may help lead us to a greener future

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26.09.2019

A newly-discovered immune system in bacteria is the distance ancestor of one in our own cells

Prof. Rotem Sorek
15.05.2018

Prof. Rotem Sorek has been elected as a member of EMBO

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25.01.2018

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

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