Tag: bacteria

A toxin produced by bacteria into messenger RNA molecules caused cancer cells to produce the toxin which eventually killed them.

The original phage research was interrupted by the onset of World War I, as well as a shortage of funding and the discoveries of antibiotics.

Israeli scientists of the Weizmann Institute of Science have developed bacteria that survives solely on carbon dioxide (CO2) from their surroundings, instead of their regular food.

The bacteria found in the digestive system (e.g. E. coli) had a toxic response when exposed to concentrations of only one mg./ml. of the artificial sweeteners.

The Health Ministry's Director General said there are 242 other patients suspected of contracting Leptospirosis.

Reports of an outbreak of Leptospirosis are receiving a growing support, as four students ages 14 and 15 were hospitalized on suspicion of contracting the disease on a trip to the Jordan River.

The Health Ministry urges everyone, “When in doubt, throw it out.”

"This could pave the way to changing the human microbiome, the combined genetic material of the microorganisms in humans."

Tahina produced by RJM Food Industries on June 23 of this year has been recalled by Israel's Health Ministry.

The Health Ministry and a Knesset committee will probe the Telma cornflakes salmonella scandal this week.

The Institute scientists inserted the metabolic pathway for carbon fixation and sugar production into the bacterium E. coli, a known “consumer” organism that eats sugar and releases carbon dioxide.

The State of Israel must also re-sentence each and every convicted terrorist.