Innovations in medicine

Schematic description of one of the approaches in the NanoBiCAR project: Nanoparticles, (1) carrying mRNA molecules that encode a genetically modified protein that activates the immune system, are introduced into the system and taken up by white blood cells formed in the bone marrow (2). These cells produce the protein from the mRNA molecules and secrete it (3). The secreted protein has a dual binding ability: on the one hand, it binds the cells infected with the tuberculosis bacterium (4) or the bacterium itself (5), and on the other hand, it binds killer white blood cells from the immune system (6). The dual binding activates inflammatory and immune processes (6) and ultimately leads to the killing of the cells infected with the bacterium or the elimination of the bacterium itself (7).

mRNA – from vaccines to the fight against tuberculosis

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Researchers from the Technion's Faculty of Biology will develop a new approach to combat infectious diseases as part of the European consortium NanoBiCar. This is the first attempt to use mRNA molecules for tuberculosis and other bacterial diseases in light of the difficult problem of bacterial resistance.
Illustration: pixabay.

Computerized medical diagnosis

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The figure shows the letters that represent DNA and RNA bases. A CRISPR spin-off is capable of changing bases in DNA and RNA. Source: Shaury Nash.

The most important discoveries in biology in 2017: precise editing of genes; A genetic cure for cancer

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Illustration: Patrick J. Lynch.

A new wireless pacemaker may prevent common complications

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Illustration of a pressure chamber at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center. Credit: Tamir Noi, courtesy of Tel Aviv University.

Pressure chamber treatment resulted in significant improvement in mice with Alzheimer's

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Stem cells could restore scar tissue or prevent its formation after a heart attack and treat heart failure. Illustration: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist.

Treatment of heart failure by means of stem cell injection receives a "standard mark"

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CAR T cells attack a cancer cell. Source: Rita Elena Serda, Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.

The army to destroy cancer

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Practicing CPR on a dummy. Photo: Rama / Wikimedia.

An application will help health science students practice in medical simulations

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A health worker in Ethiopia puts a blood sample on a rapid malaria test kit, 2012. Photo: UNICEF Ethiopia.

Ideas that will change the world: cheap diagnostic tools on pieces of paper

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MRI scan. Source: pixabay.com.

Researchers were able to predict autism with the help of brain MRI as early as six months of age

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Algae for healing damaged heart tissue, according to the research of Prof. Samdar Cohen from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Photo by Danny Machlis. The photo is displayed at the exhibition of Israel's scientific achievements, established by the Ministry of Science at Ben Gurion Airport

The technological innovations in the field of health

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