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New Study Finds Link Between Heart Disease & Elevated Cancer Risk
A new Israeli study has found a link between heart disease and an increased risk of developing cancer. The research, which was jointly carried out by Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center, found that small extracellular bubbles (sEVs) secreted into the bloodstream by a sick heart to help heal itself actually promote the growth […]
April 16, 2024
Israeli Researchers Use Existing Drugs In New Breast Cancer Therapy
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a new treatment course for patients with metastasizing breast cancer, using medication already on the market. Based on tissue samples from American and Israeli patients and using an animal model, the researchers from the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences showed that a combination of existing drugs can […]
April 03, 2024
Study: Heart Bypass Patients Survive Longer In Greener Areas
People who have undergone bypass surgery due to coronary heart disease have a higher survival rate when living in a green environment, according to newly published research at Tel Aviv University. Coronary heart disease means that the blood vessels taking blood to the heart become blocked, potentially leading to a heart attack. Bypass surgery involves […]
April 02, 2024
Study: Early Humans Frequented Sites Where Tool, Food Sources Met
Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University have discovered that Paleolithic stone quarrying and tool-making sites were visited again and again by early humans because they adhered to the migration routes of elephants, a key food source. The research was led by Dr. Meir Finkel and Prof. Ran Barkai of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Archaeology and […]
March 27, 2024
Renowned Israeli Scientist Wins German Award For Achievements
Internationally renowned Tel Aviv University (TAU) professor Ehud Gazit has been given the prestigious Meitner-Humboldt Research Award from Germany’s Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for his work in nanotechnology, biochemistry and biophysics. The annual award, which comes with a prize of €60,000 and the opportunity to conduct research in Germany for up to a year, is […]
March 26, 2024
Nasal Therapy That Could Help People With Spinal Injuries Walk Again
An innovative, noninvasive Israeli medication administered through the nose hopes to be a life-changer for people suffering acute spinal cord injuries – even helping them to walk again. NurExone Biologic Inc. developed ExoPTEN, which treats damage to the nervous system, from a concept created by two members of its Scientific Advisory Board: Prof. Shulamit Levenberg […]
March 20, 2024
Israeli Prof. Wins Prestigious Medal For Climate Change Research
Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron has received a prestigious medal from the US-based Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) for environmental and safety technologies. Messer-Yaron was honored for her research into climate change, in particular using AI systems to observe rainfall. The professor’s original research uses cellular networks to monitor weather and precipitation, […]
March 17, 2024
Israeli High-Tech Pioneer Yehuda Zisapel Dies At 81
Yehuda Zisapel, one of the founding fathers of Israel’s renowned high-tech industry, died Sunday at the age of 81. In the 1980s, Zisapel and his younger brother Zohar founded the RAD Group – an umbrella organization of independent Israeli telecommunications and networking companies. It evolved from their original company RAD Data Communications Ltd, which remains […]
March 11, 2024
Rehab Reality: Using VR To Overcome Injury, Illness & Even PTSD
At a Tel Aviv hospital using virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) to aid rehabilitation after injury or debilitating illness, at least one expert believes that this is the best way to help people through the recovery process. Virtual reality places users in a computer-generated, immersive scenario that blots out the real world, most […]
February 26, 2024
Researchers See Positive Link Between Fertility And Sun’s Rays
Researchers from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center in nearby Petah Tikva have hypothesized that the ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun can have a positive impact on fertility in women in late reproductive age. The theory stems from the discovery that women aged between 30 and 40 during the summer produce more of […]
February 19, 2024
‘Stand-Up Nation’: Israeli High-Tech Shows Wartime Resilience, Renewal
It has been exactly four months since Israel declared war on the Hamas terrorist organization that ruled in Gaza; four months since Hamas terrorists stormed across the border and rampaged through southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing more than 1,200 people and taking hundreds hostage. The immediate mass call-up of hundreds of thousands of […]
February 08, 2024
Israeli Scientists Unite On Cure For Dangerous Sleep Disorder In Kids
Scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Tel Aviv University have collaborated on a solution to the dangerous phenomenon of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) in young children, which causes them to stop breathing when they fall asleep, and potentially suffocate. The neurological disorder occurs when the autonomic nervous system (ANS) safeguards to control […]
February 05, 2024
Tel Aviv University Gene Tech Produces Tomatoes Using Less Water
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have grown tomatoes using less water, without reducing yield or adversely impacting taste and quality. Using gene editing technology called CRISPR, the researchers reduced the amount of time in which a plant allows water to evaporate from its leaves – a process called transpiration. Less transpiration means the need for […]
January 30, 2024
3 Israeli Research Projects Win $1M Prize For Climate Solutions
Three Israeli research projects have won a $1 million prize for initiatives tackling the climate crisis. The prize is designed to advance groundbreaking innovation and research that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Solutions Breakthrough Research Prize is awarded by the Jewish National Fund of Canada with the support of Keren Kayemet LeYisrael (KKL-JNF), […]
January 28, 2024
Rallies & Replica Tunnels: Israel Marks 100 Days Of Hostage Hell
January 14 was the one hundredth day since Palestinian terrorists and their supporters smashed their way across the border from Gaza into southern Israel – brutally murdering, torturing and raping civilians and dragging hundreds of Israeli and foreign hostages back into the Hamas-run enclave. To mark 100 days of captivity for the 136 of their […]
January 14, 2024