Medicines

The Future of Medicine - An Optimistic Version. Credit: Dr. Roy Tsezana

Artificial intelligence suggests cures for existing diseases – and saves lives

An artificial intelligence-based platform by Professor Feigenbaum of the University of Pennsylvania crosses thousands of existing drugs with thousands of diseases, enabling the discovery of breakthrough treatments for rare and untreatable diseases.
Dr. Noa Shankar dives to investigate stone corals in the Gulf of Eilat. Photo: Tel Aviv University

Antibiotics and laxatives - in corals at a depth of 40 meters

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Ozenfik weight loss shot. Illustrating the knowledge site using DALEE. The image should not be seen as a scientific image

What do the celebs know about weight loss shots that we should also know?

A researcher at the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University investigates whether we will soon be able to eat what we want without guilt?
Dr. Catherine Vandorna. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion spokesperson

This is how the bone marrow reacts to injuries and infections

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Dr. Kathryn Vandorna from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion has developed a new method that allows the monitoring of the formation of immune blood cells in the bone marrow. For this purpose, she used tiny magnetic particles of iron oxide, which
bipolar disorder. Illustration: depositphotos.com

With a simple blood test it is possible to identify people dealing with bipolar disorder and whether they will respond to lithium treatment

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One of the most common treatments for bipolar disorder today is the drug lithium - a drug to which only about a third of patients respond. The research aims to understand what causes this
From 0 to 100%: the prediction provided by the model for metasynergy between different drugs

Drug combination in the fight against cancer: an innovative approach that combines biology, chemistry and artificial intelligence

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Channels deep in the ground could be the key to habitability on Mars

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The Bio-SPHERE project investigates potential living and working conditions on the Moon and Mars
Using artificial intelligence to crack the genome of the corona virus. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Artificial intelligence offers drugs against the corona virus from the protein sequence only

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IBM's artificial intelligence model was able to find compounds that bind to different sites on target proteins against the corona disease caused by the covid virus and this without knowing the binding mechanism of the virus
The thinness of the cancer. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Why do cancer patients lose weight?

The institute's scientists reveal how cancer leads to fatal emaciation and point the way to treatment
red blood cells Illustration: depositphotos.com

After more than 100 years: the puzzle of red blood cell production has been solved

The scientists of the Weizmann Institute of Science and their research partners identified for the first time the cells that are responsible for one of the most basic actions of life - the production of a hormone that gives an order to produce red blood cells; The findings are expected to be groundbreaking
Biological research. Illustration: from JUMPSTORY

A drug that will defeat skin and liver cancer without chemotherapy

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Artist's rendering of a macroring binding to a target protein (image courtesy: University of Basel, Basilius Sauter | CC BY-SA 3.0)

Learning from nature - new substances for use as medicines

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fruit fly. Photo: shutterstock

Animal avatars, or - how a cancer patient got help from 300,000 flies

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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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Insulin - pills instead of injection. Illustration: shutterstock

The end of the shot? Taking insulin in a pill

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Cells. Illustration: shutterstock

The genetic internet

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Neurons communicate with each other. Illustration: shutterstock

The protein will react at the appropriate time and place

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Nose. Illustration: Spokesperson of the Weizmann Institute

Weizmann Institute of Science scientists inserted a miniature "nose" into a living cell

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The general concept: the drug is injected into the blood system but is activated only in the selected place, using external illumination into the relevant tissue. Courtesy of the Technion spokesperson.

Light medicine: release of drugs in a precise place in the body without invasive intervention

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Aspirin has been found to be effective in the treatment of various diseases. Evidence shows that it can also prevent the formation of malignant metastases. Illustration: Jill Watson.

Aspirin against cancer

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A new X-ray imaging method makes it possible to obtain XNUMXD videos of chemical reactions. Illustration: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

The fastest films capture molecules in motion

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MRI scan of an ALS patient. Source: Frank Gaillard, Wikimedia.

New drugs for ALS are on their way to clinical trials

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Source: pixabay.

A unique algorithm allows shortening the discovery time of drugs from years to months

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Hidden side effects: Medical studies often omit negative results

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Photo: Technion spokespeople.

Researchers from the Technion have developed a system that allows rapid personalization of the antibiotic medication for the patient

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Reciprocal reactions between drugs and the patients' genes may have a negative effect on the effect of the drugs and even endanger the patients' lives. Genetic testing may prevent this and help find an alternative drug. Illustration: National Human Genome Research Institute.

adjust the medicine that suits you best

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Dr. Omri Koren, Bar Ilan Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee. Source: Bar Ilan University.

What is the effect of giving penicillin in early stages of life?

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Between matching and cutting

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Cannabis plants. Source: Chmee2 / Wikimedia.

Can medical cannabis stop the painkiller epidemic?

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How heartburn medications affect the gut

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The MEDISAFE app that reminds you to take medication works on Apple's new smart watch. PR photo

An Israeli start-up company will reveal an Apple Watch application for managing medication intake will be presented at Biomed Israel 2015

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A model of an organic molecule. Illustration: shutterstock

New ways to prepare medicines

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Rabies virus. Illustration: shutterstock

Kamada has completed recruitment of participants in a clinical trial for registration in the USA of the KamRAB product as a treatment for the prevention of rabies

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enzymes. Illustration: shutterstock

A reduced catalyst does the work of a collection of enzymes

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A cactus garden near Marrakesh, Morocco. Photo: shutterstock

A prickly pain reliever / Arlen Weinraub

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Brain stimulants. Illustration: shutterstock

Stimulating the brain / Gary Stix

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The black mamba snake. Photo: Bill Love, from Wikipedia

Brainwashing - the snake-man's best friend? / The late Yitzhak Farnes

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drug transfer. Image: MIT

Health sciences - the poisoning detectives / Deborah Franklin

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Dr. Daniel Albirt, Kaplan Medical Center

Will AIDS turn from a chronic disease to a fatal disease again??

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Antique medicine bottles from Britain. From Wikipedia

Placebo 5 - Placebo treatments and the moral debate

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A surgical experiment in which electrodes were implanted in the brains of Parkinson's patients, and some of them did not work (a placebo version of a medical device), from Wikipedia

Placebo 4 - so is there Bo or Invo?!

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pills. From Wikipedia

Placebo 3 - the study of the phenomenon

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Placebo. From Wikipedia

Placebo 2 - a myth?

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A chimpanzee uses a stick to pick fruit from distant branches. Public domain image from Wikipedia

Suffering vs benefit

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pills. From Wikipedia

The register is open and the medicine is registered

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The enemy among us. Scientific American illustration

Medicine - the enemy within us / Marin McKenna

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pills. From Wikipedia

Abbott will fund medicinal and diagnostic research at the Weizmann Institute of Science

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the brain

An important publication for Prof. Amos Korchin

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Merck's drug Victrelis against hepatitis C

The FDA has approved Victaralis, a new drug for hepatitis C

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Dr. Carl-Ludwig Klee, Chairman of the Merck Board of Directors. PR photo

The German Merc strengthens research cooperation with Israel: establishes a strategic fund to operate a biotech incubator in Israel

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