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Prof. Michal Schwartz. Photo: Weizmann Institute Spokesperson

Prof. Michal Schwartz from the Weizmann Institute won the Israel Prize for research on the relationship between the immune system and the nervous system

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Prof. Schwartz challenged the convention that nerve cells do not regenerate or recover, and discovered that the immune system also takes care of them. She also studied the blood-brain barrier and discovered that it prevents the cells of the immune system from helping in cases of brain damage such as Alzheimer's
The different types of cells in the brain. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Trying to penetrate the brain - the National Science Foundation

pregnancy. Photo: depositphotos.com

Embryos, proteins and risks

Between the fetus and the mother: pregnancy that damages the mother's brain
The cover image in Small magazine, dedicated to research. The silicon chips are inserted into the mouse's brain by safe implantation or by means of a gene gun. The chips break down while releasing nerve growth factor, a protein that prevents the death of nerve cells in Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at the Technion and Bar Ilan University have developed a new technology for transporting drugs to the brain inside silicon chips with a nanometer structure

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In the photo: The team of researchers (from right to left): Dr. Hila Doron, Prof. Neta Erez, Malek Amer. Photo: Tamar Shami

Melanoma skin cancer metastases reach the brain by 'impersonating' normal cells of the immune system

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the blood-brain barrier. Photo: Ben Brahim Mohammed via Wikimedia Commons

Researchers have grown a human blood-brain barrier outside the body, in a way that makes it possible to predict the penetration of drugs into the brain in a customized way  

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the blood-brain barrier. Photo: Ben Brahim Mohammed via Wikimedia Commons

A new treatment for neurological diseases based on a combination of existing drugs

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The triumvirate of the neurohypophysis: phytocytes (in purple) scattered between the ends of axons (in green) and blood capillaries (in red)

Discovery: how certain blood vessels in the brain open "windows" that allow overcoming the blood-brain barrier

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blood brain barrier. Illustration: shutterstock

"A brain system on a chip revealed to us new details about the activity of the blood-brain barrier, which will help in the treatment of Alzheimer's and the effects of drugs"

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Alzheimer's. Illustration - from pixabay.com

Does disruption of blood flow to the brain cause Alzheimer?

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Imaging the lobes of the human brain. Source: Wikimedia / Allan Ajifo.

Viruses invade the brain

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Israel Schreiber, CEO of Oranim Medical

Oranim Medical completed a fundraising of 20 million dollars

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Prof. Dafna Atlas, The Hebrew University (Credit: Dafna Atlas)

Substances have been found that prevent cognitive damage following a brain injury

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The main cells in the brain: in yellow neurons (nerve cells), in orange: astrocytes, gray: oligodendrocytes, in white, microglia or brain cells. Illustration: shutterstock

Open the blood-brain barrier

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epilepsy. Illustration: shutterstock

A well-known antihypertensive drug was found to be effective in preventing epilepsy following a head injury

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blood-brain barrier. Illustration: shutterstock

Hacking the way to the brain / Janine Interlandi

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elders. From Wikipedia

the barrier

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the blood-brain barrier. Photo: Ben Brahim Mohammed via Wikimedia Commons

The gates of hope - it turns out that the AIDS virus can actually help introduce drugs into the brain

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The border between the parts of the brain in a healthy person and in an Alzheimer's patient. Figure: NIH

Brainwashing - Alzheimer's - a new therapeutic direction

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Astrocytes surround blood vessels in the brain. Credit: Ben Brahim Mohammed

Breaking the barrier to the brain / Janine Inter Landi

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Prof. Vivian Teichberg. Photo: Weizmann Institute

head drain

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From the right: Prof. Mati Friedkin and Prof. Yoram Schechter.

Inventors 2009 of the Weizmann Institute

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