By focusing on key differences between viruses and bacteria, researchers elicit strong immune responses in mice against Plague pathogen that killed millions in Middle Ages

Ben Gurion University scientists develop substance containing 'nano needles' that lab tests indicate can overpower 90% of superbugs by physically destroying the pathogen

Company's BV blood test to distinguish between bacterial and viral infections recently cleared by FDA; investors include Hong Kong's Horizons Ventures

Bacteria are safe from antibiotics when they’re in a chaotic state, says Hebrew University team, hoping drug-makers will respond with a new class of antibiotics

Technion algorithm, designed to battle antibiotic resistance, massively boosts accurate prescribing for patients with urinary tract infection

Purpose of test is to tell physicians whether body is waging war on bacteria or virus, and make decisions about whether to treat with antibiotics

Helpful bacteria fire ‘poisoned arrows’ at infection-causing microbes in Tel Aviv University lab; they 'permeate a neighboring cell by brute force and release toxins into it’

Researchers say probiotics have antibacterial properties, as well as preventing inflammation, could be used as basis for drugs of the future