Scientists have discovered a bacterium living inside the human nose that produces an antibiotic capable of killing one of the most hard-to-treat pathogens — a pathogen that causes serious, even deadly skin and wound infections, bloodstream infections and pneumonia. German researchers found that this antibacterial substance was effective in treating skin infections in mice caused by Staphylococcus [...]
By Lena H. Sun July 28 U.S. and British officials announced an ambitious collaboration Thursday designed to accelerate the discovery and development of new antibiotics in the fight against one of the modern era’s greatest health threats: antibiotic resistance. CARB-X, for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator, will create one of the world’s largest public-private [...]
By Joseph Straus, Staff Writer TEL AVIV, Israel – “The microbiome is still in its diapers,” says Nitsan Maharshak, somewhat tongue in cheek. Though the challenges are many and microbiome science is still in its infancy, it is becoming increasingly clear that the microbiome plays a major role in the pathophysiological processes related to various diseases. [...]
На старте – стартапы Как мы уже сообщали, в минувшем месяце в тель-авивском отеле "Давид Интерконтиненталь" прошла международная конференция BIOMED-2016. Посвященная новейшим достижениям в области биологической медицины, она созывается в нашей стране уже 15-й раз, и с каждым годом привлекает все больше участников со всех уголков планеты, подчеркивая тем самым роль, которую играет Израиль в области передовых медицинских технологий. Яков Зубарев, Фото [...]
Patrick Terry, whose children were diagnosed 20 years ago diagnosed with a rare genetic disease, he went with his wife to look for a cure to save them and this was the start of serial entrepreneur biotech companies. *** הסיפור על קבלן הבנייה שהפך ליזם ביוטק מצליח פטריק טרי, שילדיו אובחנו לפני כ-20 שנה כלוקים במחלה [...]