Innovations in medicine
- Avi Blizovsky
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After executive layoffs, sharp cuts and political influence from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – researchers and doctors try to preserve vaccination guidelines, pregnancy data, dental safety and violence prevention programs
- The Technion
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Researchers at the Technion are developing a platform that will allow vaccines and drugs to be consumed by swallowing instead of by injection. Inspiration: Breast milk
- Avi Blizovsky
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This follows an ongoing five-year study by Dassault Systèmes in collaboration with the FDA. Virtual twins, which accurately simulate specific aspects of patient populations, allow for the refinement, reduction and elimination of human and animal participation
- The Hebrew University
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A new study offers a unique approach to malaria prevention: the use of mosquitoes carrying a genetically modified parasite, which enhances the immune system's ability to recognize and fight the deadly disease
- Avi Blizovsky
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Among the topics: universal flu vaccine, progress in understanding Alzheimer's disease, success in organ printing, solutions for diabetes and AIDS
- Avi Blizovsky
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Research conducted by the MRC Medical Sciences Laboratory reveals that cells in different organs selectively express maternal or paternal X chromosomes. This variability, which has been shown in both human data and
- Weizmann Institute
If you asked yourself why we only inherit the mitochondria from the mother, the answer is - the egg is the one that destroys the father's mitochondria very shortly after fertilization
- Weizmann Institute
Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Weizmann Institute of Science have for the first time developed a central nervous system on a chip that faithfully simulates that of the human fetus - from the end of the spinal cord to the forebrain
- Weizmann Institute
The institute's scientists developed a method that allows real-time monitoring of the development of embryos at the beginning of their journey and applied it for the first time to rabbits. The comparison they made between embryonic development in rabbits and mice gave rise to answers to fascinating questions about
- Ben-Gurion University
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Researchers from Ben Gurion University have developed an artificial intelligence model that predicts the embryo's chances of rooting, based on information from fetal siblings from the same treatment cycle
- Tel Aviv University
Exposure to the sun's UV radiation may have a positive effect on the fertility of women aged 30-40
- Science site The Conversation
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In theory, a male skin cell can be turned into an egg and a female skin cell into a sperm cell. There is also the possibility of a child genetically connected to several parents, or only to one parent
- Ben-Gurion University
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The doctoral thesis of Dr. Liat Hooper from the Department of Social Work and the Faculty of Health Sciences revealed for the first time the existence of gender differences in the health and mental consequences of baldness, as a result of radiation against ringworm
- The Technion
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Preeclampsia is a life-threatening multisystem disease and one of the main causes of maternal and fetal mortality. Its global prevalence is about 5% of pregnancies
- Avi Blizovsky
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A pregnancy test detected the fetus in the test tube. The artificial models developed from stem cells - without egg, sperm or uterus - and grew in the laboratory until day 14
- Bar-Ilan University
Prof. Omri Koren from the Faculty of Medicine won an ERC grant for his research dealing with the development of a post-biotic supplement to protect mothers and newborns
- Haifa University
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After the accelerated development, a rapid deterioration of the neurons was noted, which was manifested, among other things, in low connectivity. The study found the recurrence of the phenomenon in children with autism originating from four different types of genetic mutations
- Avi Blizovsky
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The researchers behind the new study were able to create baby mice with genetic material from two males without any genetic changes. They achieved this by using stem cells to create primordial germ cells (PGCs),
- Haifa University
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This is according to a joint study by the Technion and the University of Haifa. In the study, data was collected from 252,858 United Health Insurance policyholders between the ages of 15 and 44, for the period between January 2017 and April 2021
- Bar-Ilan University
A new company, established at the Enbox Center for Entrepreneurship at Bar-Ilan University, has developed a technology for predicting pregnancy complications at the very beginning, by characterizing the microbiome (bacteria) population
- The Technion
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Technion researchers in collaboration with the University of Tokyo reveal a new role for the IZUMO1 protein in the fusion process between sperm and egg
- The Hebrew University
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In the most comprehensive study done on the subject, it was found that sperm quality deteriorates over the years in men all over the world, including in Africa, Latin America and Asia, and that the rate of decline even increases in the 21st century * "Research
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The technological innovation suppresses the typical shrinkage of printed tissues in the period before transplantation
The very first program to create an embryo by creating artificial embryonic and placental stem cells
- The Hebrew University
By creating artificial embryonic and placental stem cells and comparing them, the researchers from the Hebrew University identified about 14,000 sites in the genome that control the development of all the organs of the fetus
- Avi Blizovsky
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The embryo model developed from stem cells that were grown outside the womb to a relatively advanced stage, showing normal development of organs and tissues
- The Technion
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The Technion researchers and their colleagues abroad: It is possible that the cellular mechanisms that enable the fusion of the sperm and the egg were created as early as 3 billion years ago in single-celled organisms of the archaea type
- The Hebrew University
University researchers have identified a new type of organelle that has not been discovered in gametes before. According to them, a failure in its function causes infertility because it is responsible for the organization of the chromosomes in the sex cells: "The discovery advances us towards finding
- Yoram Soreq
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The matriarchal society of the ancient man thrived precisely because of the ignorance of the connection between sex and pregnancy and childbirth, this has changed in the last 8,000 years
- Ben-Gurion University
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A research group led by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev succeeded in producing an innovative device for the process of creating sperm in culture by using a micro-flow system.
- Tel Aviv University
Modern technology will make it possible to determine the safety of vaccines using smart sensors
- Ben-Gurion University
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This is according to a study at the National Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Research at Ben Gurion University
- The Hebrew University
In recent years, doctors and obstetricians prefer to perform a caesarean section instead of trying a forceps or vacuum delivery, due to the fear of brain or physical damage, or the development of severe morbidity after birth. At the same time, studies decrease
- The Hebrew University
Is there a connection between iron deficiency and anemia and the effectiveness of the corona vaccine and other vaccines? A team of researchers from the world's leading universities claim that yes * The solution is adding iron to food which will also make it possible to combat anemia
- The Hebrew University
- Avi Blizovsky
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- Bar-Ilan University
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- The Hebrew University
In its reasoning, the committee stated that: "The Israel Prize in the field of life sciences research for the year 2018 is awarded to Prof. Eli Keshet, from the Hebrew University, for his pioneering contributions in understanding the mechanism by which oxygen-deficient conditions stimulate the growth of
- Avi Blizovsky
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Moderna reported on Friday the receipt of FDA approval for the company's COVID-19 vaccine in the US, which will also be followed by approval for the vaccine in Israel as happened with Pfizer's vaccine last week
- Noam Levitan
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On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccine for emergency use in people 16 and older. It is now expected that the Ministry of Health will approve the vaccine for emergency use in Israel as well
- Avi Blizovsky
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American and German researchers came up with an original idea for the development of a vaccine for the corona virus - introducing the "spikes" protein of the corona virus into a weakened measles virus and making the vaccine a double
- Avi Blizovsky
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Moderna announces the analysis of preliminary efficacy findings in the results of the phase 3 trial of its COVE vaccine for the treatment of COVID-19 as well as the submission of the trial findings for emergency approval by the FDA
- The science service
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A new study conducted at the Safed Academic College reveals that the more children are vaccinated in the general population in a certain country, then the death rates among those infected with the corona in that country are lower
- Ziv Adaki
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A flu vaccine during pregnancy protects the children and women from illness, but does it also have long-term risks? A decade-long follow-up study refutes this.
- Avi Blizovsky
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- Avi Blizovsky
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