Tag Archives: Medicine
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Among the 241 new MDs who received their Technion diplomas this past June, visually impaired Dr. Keren Amiel stands out for overcoming unusual challenges. “I've always wanted to be a doctor, ever since I was a child,” Dr. Amiel says. “I knew it was going to be a challenge, so initially I was apprehensive, but… Read More
Sticker Patch to Diagnose Tuberculosis
Technion scientists have developed a tuberculosis-diagnosing sticker patch. Delayed diagnosis is a significant challenge to treating the deadly disease, which is still prevalent in developing countries Technion scientists have demonstrated a novel means of diagnosing tuberculosis by means of a sticker patch that catches compounds released by the skin. Using an artificial intelligence (AI) analysis… Read More
All Eyes on Stem Cells
Can stem cells be identified and monitored in mature tissue? How do our organs cope with both the need for frequent renewal of tissue cells and the need to protect stem cell health in tissue that is exposed to environmental hazards? Collaboration between two research laboratories in the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion… Read More
How Unwanted Immune Responses are Prevented
Researchers at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine have deciphered a mechanism that plays a key role in control of the immune system, preventing it from “going haywire” following a false alarm. The study was published in the Journal of Immunology and was recommended by the editorial board as a top… Read More
Healing Alliance – Technion & Brazil
Technion and Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, one of Latin America’s largest hospitals, sign MOU to support student exchange, collaborative research, and clinical trials The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo, Brazil, establishing a three-year collaboration between the Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and… Read More
Shared Memory
Associate Professor Omri Barak of the Technion has won a prestigious grant for an international research project on memory in biology, computing, and materials Associate Professor Omri Barak, a member of the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and a partner in the Network Biology Research Laboratories at the Lorry I. Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences… Read More
When did our brain become “modern”?
Researchers from the Technion and the University of Zurich: Contrary to the prevailing assumption, the brain of the first migrants from Africa to Asia 1.8 million years ago was not a modern brain Researchers from the Technion and the University of Zurich have published a dramatic discovery in Science Magazine about the characteristics of the… Read More
Creating an Open and Safe Campus
First in Israel: a COVID-19 test developed at Technion offers rapid testing on campus to prevent chains of infection In the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, a rapid and extensive testing operation developed at Technion benefits all residents of Technion City While Israel undergoes a mass vaccination program, the ongoing window of risk is being… Read More
Toadlet peptide transforms into a deadly weapon against bacteria
Researchers at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Hamburg, Germany, in collaboration with scientists in Israel and Spain, have discovered remarkable molecular properties of an antimicrobial peptide from the skin of the Australian toadlet. The discovery could inspire the development of novel synthetic drugs to combat bacterial… Read More
SARS-CoV-2 and the race for a vaccine
"Scientists around the world in general and in the Technion, in particular, are working around the clock with events like this. Our speaker tonight is a promising principal investigator and assistant professor of immunology at the Technion which is a leading institution at the forefront of cutting-edge research on the disease. Yotam Bar-On will explain… Read More