Bacteria

Illegal tahini imported from abroad may contain Salmonella, Health Ministry warns

Evidence of Salmonella was found in two Algimal Tahini products during a Health Ministry investigation: a 1-kilogram container produced in March and a 500-gram container produced in April.

 Salmonella bacteria, a common cause of foodborne disease, invade an immune cell.
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Stem cells are viewed on a computer screen at the University of Connecticut`s (UConn) Stem Cell Institute at the UConn Health Center on August 27, 2010 in Farmington, Connecticut.

Gut feeling: Hebrew University shows how your body’s stem cells fight Salmonella - study

 Fluorescence microscopy images of Bacillus subtilis spores harboring GFP or Scarlet fusion to a DNA packaging protein (SspA)

Microbes coordinate activity to reduce competition, Israeli researchers discover


Child in Chabad kindergarten dies due to meningitis infection

A two-year-old at a Chabad kindergarten in Cyprus seems to have died due to a meningitis infection.

 Scanning electron micrograph of a single N. meningitidis cell (colorized in blue) with its dense meshwork of pili (colorized in yellow)

Israeli researchers discover bacterial state that may lead to new drugs

Scientists are constantly searching for new antibiotics to destroy bacteria before they destroy us.

 Bacteria.

Israeli tech helps diabetics manage sugar levels, eat what they want

An Israeli company developed a system that uses artificial intelligence to predict people with diabetes' blood sugar response to foods, enabling them to manage their sugar levels more efficiently.

 An app by tech company DayTwo enables diabetes patient to manage their sugar levels more efficiently.

Israeli researchers compare bacteria and economy to reach breakthrough

The BGU research group's project titled "The Cell as an Economy" studies cellular physiology through reverse engineering and comparing bacterial cell growth to an economy.

Bacteria as seen under a microscope

Israeli researchers develop electronic nose to detect diseases, poisons

"It will be possible to disperse the gas sensors over a wide area in the city in order to warn of the presence of dangerous gases and air pollution," says Prof. Raz Yelink, who led the study.

A 3D rendering of BGU's newly developed 'electronic nose' in action.

TAU researchers develop method to fight bacteria resistant to antibiotics

The researchers published their findings in the scientific journal PNAS - Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences.

Elongation of bacteria due to inhibition of division is caused by the bacteriophage protein.

Scientists in Israel teach E. coli bacteria colonies to recognize letters

The lab has previously engineered biological sensors capable of recognizing the presence of arsenic and other poisons in water, or the presence of blood in urine.

L-R: Assistant Professor Ramez Daniel and Dr. Ximing Li

BGU researchers develop antibiotic tweezers to battle resistant bacteria

The tweezers could harm bacteria without causing them to gain resistance.

Ben-Gurion University researchers behind antibiotic "molecular tweezers"

Let there be life! Scientists create single-cell organism that reproduces

The implications of engineering synthetic cells and organisms are vast and promising. Scientists envision the production of customized cells that perform or behave in desired manners.

The secret to healing what ails you lies within your own DNA

Scientists found how gut microbiota can adjust genome to environment

Reversible genetic inversion helps the gut adapt to incessant change, and the key to that is sugar.

Fluorescence microscope image: The upper image shows the expression of an outer-surface sugar on abacterial culture that expresses all subpopulations, and the two lower images show a bacterial population that expresses only the “pink” subpopulation, where the same outer-surface sugar is more promine