Case for IBD combination therapy comes from research at Baylor, MIT and Hebrew University
Snowmass, Co. (September 10, 2004) - Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, comprised of Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis, are for the most part incurable and their causes are still unknown. About 1 million Americans suffer from IBD and research around the world on new therapeutic strategies against IBD is being reported at a conference sponsored by the American Physiological Society. ... ...On one t...'Defensive' action by influenza viruses demonstrated by Hebrew university researcher
Combating viruses is often a frustrating business. Find a way to destroy them --- and before you know it, they've found a way to defend themselves and neutralize the anti-viral treatment. ......How, exactly, do the viruses do it? In an article published as the cover story in a recent issue of the journal Proteins, a Hebrew University of Jerusalem researcher, Prof. Isaiah (Shy) T. Arkin, has reve...Earliest evidence of hereditary genetic disorder discovered by Hebrew University researchers
The discovery of what is believed to be the oldest evidence yet found of a human hereditary genetic disorder has been announced by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.... ...The researchers are Dr. Uri Zilberman and Patricia Smith, the Joel Wilbush Professor of Medical Anthropology, both of the Faculty of Dental Medicine of the Hebrew University and Dr. Silvana Condemi a senior rese...Scientists in Germany and Hebrew University illuminate process in control of flowering in plants
The molecular mechanism plants have adopted to trigger flowering in response to changes in light duration and quality has been demonstrated by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Their recent findings, published in the Feb. 13 edition of , have significant consequences for potential control over floweri...Hebrew University young researcher award goes to Dr. Nayef Jarrous
Dr. Nayef Jarrous, a young researcher from Shfaram in the north of Israel, is the recipient of the Yoram Ben-Porath Prize as this year's outstanding young researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....... The Ben-Porath Prize is awarded annually by the president of the Hebrew University to honor the memory of the former rector and president of the university, who was killed along with his w...Hebrew University, German and British researchers develop means to help stress sufferers
Try as we may to suppress memories of highly stressful experiences, they nevertheless come back to bother us even causing attacks of intense fear or other undesirable behavioral impairments. ...Now, a group of German, Israeli and British scientists and students have found that a gene-based approach offers promise for development of a treatment that can suppress these reactions, while not impai...Hebrew University Ph.D. graduate wins young scientist prize in US
Dr. Qing Chen, a native of China who last year received her Ph.D. in medical science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been named one of the six winners of the Prize for Young Scientists, awarded annually by Amersham Biosciences and the journal Science. The prestigious prizes have been awarded annually since 1995 to outstanding Ph.D. graduates from around the world in the field of mole...Hebrew University researcher studies 'reorganization' of brain in blind people
Studies indicate that congenitally blind (blind from birth) people have superior verbal memory abilities than the sighted. Why and what is the significance of this?... ...A new study by a team of researchers headed by Dr. Ehud Zohary of the Department of Neurobiology at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem provides a better understanding of this...Hebrew University researchers develop method to improve neutraceutical absorption
Two researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Casali Institute of Applied Chemistry, Prof. Nissim Garti and his associate Dr. Abraham Aserin, are among the recipients this year of the university's Kaye Innovation Awards for their development of "nanovehicles" to improve the delivery of nutraceuticals and cosmetoceuticals into the body's blood stream and tissues....... Garti explained t...Faster method for growing adult stem cells for bone regeneration developed at Hebrew University
A new method for utilizing adult stem cells for bone or other tissue regeneration without having to go through the intermediate step of expanding the number of cells in tissue culture has won a Kaye Innovation Award for a young doctoral student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....... The Kaye Awards, now marking the tenth anniversary year of their inception, were presented on May 27 during t...Hebrew University researcher wins prize for work leading to new anti-cancer drugs
A young Hebrew University of Jerusalem researcher has taken a significant step forward towards development of drugs that will be capable of repairing and "turning off" those elements that spur uncontrolled growth of cancerous tumors. This approach will eventually prove much less harmful and more effective than current chemotherapy treatment, which kills not only harmful but also healthy cells. .....Hebrew University excavations strengthen dating of archaeological findings to David, Solomon
A new, laboratory-based affirmation of the existence of a united Israelite monarchy headed by kings David and Solomon in the 10th century B.C.E. has been revealed as the result of excavations carried out by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute of Archeology. ...... The findings have particular significance in view of the debate existing among archaeologists as to the authenticity of the...Hebrew University research brings higher peanut yields
Jerusalem, April 1, 2003 Significantly improved peanut yields have been achieved by researchers at the Hebrew University Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences in Rehovot. ... ...Through the use of the plant hormone ethylene, the researchers have succeeded in regulating the flowering of the peanut plant, with a resulting four-fold increase in the yield of large peanut pods at h...Technique to induce cancer cells to 'commit suicide' developed by Hebrew University scientists
Jerusalem, August 20, 2002 A new technique for tricking cancer cells into "committing suicide" and thus preventing their spread has been developed by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Their work is described in the September issue of Nature Biotechnology, which was published this week in its Internet version. ... ... The technique involves the engineering of a virus that will in...Breakthrough in creating bio-artificial organs at Hebrew University-Hadassah Dental School
Jerusalem, July 2 Today people often must wait for months when they need an organ transplant. In the future, they may be able to simply give a tissue sample and then wait a week or two as the sample is used to custom-build the necessary organ, thanks to research conducted by Hebrew University Ph.D. candidate Gadi Pelled, DMD. He received the prestigious Kaye Award this year for his work....... D...Hebrew University researcher identifies gene that assists plants to overcome stress
Jerusalem, June 10 Alexander Mazel, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Plant Sciences at the Faculty of Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been awarded a prestigious Kaye Innovation Award for identifying a gene that helps the Arabidopis plant survive in difficult conditions. His discovery could significantly advance efforts to increase crop yields by genetic engineering. .......Hebrew University professor designs medication to lower recurrence of cardiovascular disease
Jerusalem, June 3 Prof. Gershon Golomb, chairman of the School of Pharmacy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has designed a medication to prevent certain potentially fatal obstructions in the arteries from reoccurring after they are removed. He has been awarded the prestigious Kaye Award for this work....... Prof. Golomb explained that atherosclerosis is a type of blockage in the arteries t...Hebrew University student develops method to check if AIDS patients developed resistance to drugs
Jerusalem, June 3 Lital Alfonta, a Ph.D. candidate in the Faculty of Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has developed a fast, inexpensive test to determine if an AIDS patient has developed resistance to the medication he is taking. Ms. Alfonta was selected to receive the prestigious Kaye Innovation Award for her work, which could vastly improve treatment of AIDS patients....... Ms. A...Hebrew University research finds why chemotherapy might lead to cancer
Jerusalem, February 25, 2002 A study of chromosomes in cancerous cells conducted at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem found that some chemotherapy drugs actually create the conditions that generate new cancerous growths. Associate Professor of Genetics Batsheva Kerems article on this study will be featured in the inaugural edition of Cancer Cell, which will be published on February 26, 2002. Pr...Hebrew University and Ben-Gurion researchers find that stress causes shift in gene products
Jerusalem, January 16, 2002 We all know that traumatic experiences may be followed by long periods of nervousness and over-sensitive responses to signals that would not otherwise raise a response. What we do not know is how that happens, how experience translates into neurological changes that persist even after a considerable lapse of time. Researchers at The Hebrew University of Jerusalems Rol...