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HIV viruses attack a cell. Illustration: shutterstock

The virus that does not infect directly

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Intestinal bacteria. Illustration Mjak/Shutterstock

Our Personal Immunization Assistants / Catherine Harmon Courage

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The Ebola virus attacks the immune system. Illustration: shutterstock

The war on Ebola / Helen Barnswell

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Measuring blood sugar for a type 1 diabetic baby. Photo: shutterstock Sugar for a type 1 diabetic baby. Photo: 150699080

Administering an antibody against the NKp46 killing receptor will allow an opening for an innovative treatment for type 1 diabetes

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immune system. Illustration: shutterstock

Get vaccinated very early

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Viruses try to penetrate the body and challenge the immune system. Illustration: shutterstock

Three immune system researchers were awarded the 2015 Wolf Prize in Medicine

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T cells attack a traveling cancer cell in the body. Illustration: shutterstock

The cancer off switch / Jed D. Volchuk

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The immune system protects the body against viruses and bacteria. Illustration: shutterstock

'Cyber ​​warfare' to aid the immune system against cancer

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The mechanism in the immune system that causes allergy symptoms. Illustration: shutterstock

A system developed by Technion students will enable detection of allergens in food *

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Dr. Raz Somech, director of the North XNUMXnd Children's Department at the Edmond and Lili Safra Children's Hospital and the staff members who identified a gene that causes a decrease in the immune system. Sheba Hospital PR photo

Researchers from Sheba have discovered a new disease that damages the immune system and exposes its subjects to life-threatening infections

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immune system cells. Source: Wikimedia Commons

The Technion researchers: the accepted theory of early warning in the immune system must be reexamined

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Dendritic cell, from Wikipedia

Personalized medicine will enable the development of vaccines against cancerous tumors

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Brazil nuts contain an allergenic protein - an allergy factor. Transferring the gene coding for this protein to another plant makes it also allergenic. From Project Gutenberg

Exposure therapy for allergies / Marisa Fessenden

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Schematic Figure 1: An antibody, including two 'hands' and one 'leg'. Image source: Wikipedia.

So what do you do there at the university? Chapter 11: Reduce, but wisely; On antibody arrays for substance detection and medical diagnosis

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Dr. Nir Friedman, Weizmann Institute

Affirmative action

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immune system cells. Source: Wikimedia Commons

A new ally against cancer / Eric von Hoff

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Cross section of a human lung infected with cancer. The white block above is his tape and the black areas indicate that the original owner of the lung smoked. From Wikimedia

Malicious inflammation / Gary Stix

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On the left: a natural inhibitor (in red) controls the enzyme (gray) by blocking the zinc pool (in yellow) in the cleft where the active site of the enzyme is located. Right: A novel antibody (in purple) works as efficiently as the natural inhibitor. Illustration: Weizmann Institute

An innovative approach to the treatment of autoimmune diseases prevents disease symptoms in mice

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Professor Aryeh Edmon. Photo: Technion

Technion researchers propose the launch of a new international project in the field of immunology

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Prof. Eitan Yaffe Nof - The Hebrew University

"For many, many years there was no Nobel Prize for the field of immunology, certainly not in this field of the innate immune response

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Prof. Ralph Steinman, discovers immune cells. Winner of the 2011 Hovel Medicine Award. From the NIH

Nobel Prize for Medicine for 2011 to three researchers who made discoveries in the immune system

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Prof. Raymond Kempfer, Hebrew University

Researchers from the Hebrew University have for the first time found a way to stop deadly toxins

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A T-type white blood cell (right) and a red blood cell

Focus on the goal

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B cells in the immune system. From Wikipedia

The Technion researchers were able to show that it is possible to reverse the aging process of the immune system in mice

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Monoclonal antibodies to cancer

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have developed a method to find out which proteins move from cell to cell in the intercellular communication

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