Nano Discovery Could Lead to Artificial Retinas for Visually Impaired

Wednesday, Dec 3, 2014

Jerusalem, December 3, 2014 — Hebrew University Scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from Israel and abroad, have developed a new light-sensitive film that could one day form the basis of...

New "cocktail" to reprogram adult cells

Tuesday, Sep 16, 2014

Hebrew University scientists create therapy-grade stem cells using new cocktail to reprogram adult cells Cells created at Hebrew University's Faculty of Medicine pass the toughest pluripotency...

Way for New, More Effective Influenza Drugs

Friday, Sep 12, 2014

Hebrew University Antibody Research Paves the Way for New, More Effective Influenza Drugs Research is patented through tech transfer company Yissum, which is seeking commercial R&D...

Bacteria Can Evolve a Biological Timer to Survive Antibiotic Treatments

Tuesday, Jul 8, 2014

A First: Scientists Show That Bacteria Can Evolve a Biological Timer to Survive Antibiotic Treatments The ability of microorganisms to overcome antibiotic treatments is one of the top concerns...

Protein’s role in preventing growth of heart muscle

Monday, Jun 23, 2014

Researchers reveal protein’s role in preventing growth of heart muscle leading to heart failure Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death in the Western world, with heart...

Adult patient cells into stem cells

Thursday, Jun 19, 2014

A First: Nuclear transfer to reprogram adult patient cells into stem cells The capacity to reprogram adult patient cells into pluripotent, embryonic-like, stem cells by nuclear transfer has been...

New treatment proposed to prevent devastating intestinal inflammation in cancer patients

Tuesday, Apr 15, 2014

Jerusalem - Experimental work pointing to a therapy for alleviating mucositis -- a common, severe side effect of chemotherapy and irradiation of cancer patients or patients prepared for bone...

New molecule to protect the brain

Thursday, Feb 27, 2014

Professor. Daphne Atlas of the Department of Biological Chemistry in the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at The Hebrew University New molecule protects the brain from detrimental...

Antidepressant drugs

Thursday, Feb 27, 2014

Professor Raz Yirmiya, director of The Hebrew University's Psychoneuroimmunology Laboratory Hebrew University research could lead to efficient and fast-acting antidepressant drugs The World...

New developments for Alzheimer, Parkinson and Huntington diseases

Wednesday, Feb 26, 2014

Dr. Ehud Cohen of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Faculty of Medicine. A successful joint collaboration between researchers at The...