All Ben-Gurion University of the Negev articles
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NewsDerivative of the long pepper battles bacterial biofilms
Scientists investigating the long pepper - known in traditional medicine for its treatment of a variety of illnesses - have created a derivative that disrupts bacterial chemical communication.
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NewsInvasive brown widow spiders host novel bacteria related to chlamydia
Invasive brown widow spiders across three continents were highly infected with a single strain of Rhabdochlamydia, a bacterium that is related to major pathogens of humans and animals, including chlamydia.
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News$1.3m funding will help scientists to contribute to the eradication of polio
Scientists have received a $1.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop and validate a novel and safe approach for measuring immune responses to polioviruses.
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NewsPhages pay heavy price for environmental intel - but it’s worth it
Phages, the viruses that infect bacteria, will pay a high growth-rate cost to access environmental information that can help them choose which lifecycle to pursue, according to a study. Source: L. F. Lee; J. A. Boezi Bacteriophage gh-1 for Pseudomonas putida. Yigal Meir and colleagues at Ben-Gurion ...
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NewsNatural molecule added to toothpaste may help prevent plaque and cavities
Scientists have discovered that 3,3′-Diindolylmethane (DIM), a naturally occurring molecule also known as bisindole, reduces the biofilms that produce plaque and cavities by 90% and is also found to have anti-carcinogenic properties.
