Creating a DNA Vaccine for Alzheimer’s Disease

Creating a DNA Vaccine for Alzheimer’s Disease

This mission of Dr. Okun and his research team is to develop medical tools to both improve the early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and ways to delay the onset of these diseases. He notes that if a vaccine can be developed that could...
Fixler Detecting Cancer with Gold

Fixler Detecting Cancer with Gold

He uses gold particles as a diagnostic tool. This method allows for test procedures that are non-invasive and do not involve exposure to radiation. The patient simply gargles with a mixture that includes nanoparticles of gold, which paint the cancer cells. It has been...
BIU Lens To Offer Tactile Sight For The Blind

BIU Lens To Offer Tactile Sight For The Blind

According to Zalevsky, the lens processes digital images and translates them into tactile sensations. These sensations can be felt on the person’s cornea, allowing him or her to form a picture of their physical surroundings. “It’s like reading...
Peres Hears About Research Breakthroughs at Gonda Brain Center

Peres Hears About Research Breakthroughs at Gonda Brain Center

Prof. Moshe Abeles, the founding Director of the Gonda Brain Center, told Peres that the Gonda Center’s distinct edge in brain research is due to its multidisciplinary approach. “We can’t solve the mysteries of the brain without cooperating with...
Loving Touch is Critical for Premature Infants

Loving Touch is Critical for Premature Infants

Bar-Ilan Study Finds that Skin Contact Has Long-Term Health Benefits “In this decade-long study, we show for the first time that providing maternal-newborn skin-to-skin contact to premature infants in the neonatal period improves children’s functioning ten...
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