Pseudomonas

A specific and particularly successful phage named PASA16 discovered by the Israeli center treated 16 patients, most of them severe, and it demonstrates the high potential effectiveness of treatment in dealing with challenging and antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections. Photography: Ronen Hazan

Innovative treatment with phages in antibiotic-resistant infections has over 80% success rate in Pseudomonas infections

A new international study on treatment using the PASA16 phage (a virus that kills only bacteria), showed a success rate of over 80% and gives hope for a beneficial treatment for resistant infections
Particles filtered using a cyclonic air sampler for 120 minutes on a dusty day in the streets

About dust storms and windy bacteria

Bacteria that are carried in the air for great distances on particles land in part on the ground while they are alive - and ready to multiply
The nano 'spikes' formed from a combination of copper with the polysaccharide, cause damage to the bacteria's membrane and thus kill them. From a study by Prof. Ariel Kushmaro Credit: Sharon Amalani, Ben Gurion University

Thorns in the war against bacteria and fungi

Long and dense spikes formed by a sulfated polysaccharide substance found in red algae were discovered by a research group from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev to have biological activity against bacteria and fungi
Micro robots fight bacteria inside the body. Image from a virtual reality simulation. Image: depositphotos.com

Micro-robots swim in the lungs and kill bacteria

Nanotechnology engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed tiny robots - micro-robots, in their full name - that are able to swim inside the lungs, reach the bacteria that cause pneumonia, kill them and reverse the damage they do to the body
Shampoo from biological sources. Photo: depositphotos.com

Development of environmentally friendly bio-shampoo

Researchers have succeeded in developing innovative chemicals and products based on sustainable surfactants with low toxicity
Although their name was given to them due to their function on the tongue, the bitter and sweet taste receptors were recently discovered in various tissues and organs that do not come into contact with food. In at least some of these areas of the body, especially the respiratory tract, these taste receptors play an important role in the immune response. Illustration: pixabay.

preserves the bitter taste

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Bacteria will break down mustard gas

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

There is a bacteria in the bathtub

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Technion researchers have developed improved antibiotic drugs

A four-legged robot learned to change its movement style to traverse a forest and jump over obstacles

Let the pugs win