(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Avigayil Kadesh - Prof. Nathan Citri, 91, a retired Hebrew University microbiologist, wondered why the desperate call of the World Health Organization for a way to contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria remained unanswered, and hospitals continued to be hotbeds for these deadly "superbugs." He and his late wife developed a prototype for bedside kits that detect and identify resistant bacteria from blood or urine samples, yielding lifesaving information within minutes. In the past year, a contract was signed with a British company to produce his resistant-bacteria ID kits, administered through Hebrew University's tech transfer company, Yissum.
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