All Tel Aviv University articles
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NewsResearchers uncover how viruses choose whether to become nasty or not
Researchers have deciphered a novel complex decision-making process that helps viruses choose to turn nasty or stay friendly to their bacterial host.
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NewsSelf-produced bacterial toxin induces cancer cells to ‘commit suicide’
Researchers have encoded a toxin produced by bacteria into mRNA (messenger RNA) molecules and delivered these particles directly to cancer cells, causing the cells to produce the toxin – which eventually killed them with a success rate of 50%.
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NewsPandemic wipes out all black sea urchins in Gulf of Eilat within 2 months
New studies reveal a deadly epidemic causing mass mortality of black sea urchins has wiped out the entire population in the Gulf of Eilat over a couple of months and threatens the coral reef.
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NewsResearchers develop world’s first mRNA vaccine for deadly bacteria
A team of researchers has developed an mRNA-based vaccine that is 100% effective against a type of bacteria that is lethal to humans.
