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vortex. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Vortex of one atom

The institute's scientists and their research partners from the Technion and Tel Aviv University have for the first time created mixed beams of individual atoms
Bacteriophage - a virus that attacks bacteria. Illustration: Illustration: depositphotos.com

A mysterious component in bacteria has been discovered as a last line of defense against viral infection

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Besides solving a 36-year-old mystery, Weizmann Institute of Science scientists have identified thousands of types of these components, which may be used in gene editing
A bacteriophage (upper right) penetrates a bacterial cell (center of the picture). Bacteria have highly sophisticated immune systems specially prepared to fight viruses

Antivirals discovered in bacteria may be used as drugs for viral diseases

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These days, the ability of these substances to fight viruses that harm humans, including the flu and corona viruses, is being tested
An olive orchard is infected with the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa in the province of Puglia in Italy. The bacterium damages the flow of fluids in the trees and causes dehydration. Photo: shutterstock

Farmers and anti-bacterial viruses

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The researchers mapped the different versions of circular nucleotide systems

Which is good for bacteria

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From the right: Maya Shamir, Daniel Dar and Prof. Rotem Sorek. short coils

Someone turned off the switch

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Bacteriophages attack bacteria. Illustration: shutterstock

Viruses in the service of future medicine

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How do the bacteria distinguish 'between enemy and lover'?

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Growth of bacteria that produce only the antitoxin (left), only the toxin (center) or both (right)

Germ Wars

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A scanning electron microscope image of phages attacking a bacterium. Photo: Dr. Graham Bird, Wikimedia Commons

Anti-bacterial viruses

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