All Tel Aviv University articles
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Sea urchin epidemic spreads to Indian Ocean, threatening coral reefs
Researchers have identified the pathogen responsible for the epidemic which is killing sea urchins in the Red Sea, and now threatens entire populations of sea urchins across the Red Sea and Indo-Pacific.
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Researchers 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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Self-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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Pandemic 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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Researchers 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.