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The Kiss of Life<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cMentorship is as important as science.\u201d<\/span> Nobel Laureate Avram Hershko<\/span> \n <\/p>\nUbiquitin: so called, because it is a protein present in all living cells. No-one knew why it was there, and no-one dared to wonder: it was just boring – \u201cubiquitous\u201d. <\/span> \nBut no living secrets are untouched by Technion scientists. Throughout the \u201870s and \u201880s, Distinguished Professors Avram Hershko and Aaron Ciechanover unveiled the mysteries of \u00a0the ubiquitin system, revealing the masterkeys of human health. The ubiquitous protein ubiquitin, they showed, is the key factor in deciding when and how a cell should regenerate. Imbalance in ubiquitin reveals itself in some of the world\u2019s most incurable afflictions – such as cancer and neuro-degenerative disorders. <\/span> \nBy 2004, the Technion research was already revolutionizing medical understanding and opening the way to innovative cures and treatments. No wonder that, in that year, the two Technion Professors became Israel\u2019s first Nobel Laureates in science.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Sniffing Out Cancer<\/span><\/p>\n“I am where I feel that I contribute the most.<\/span>\u201d Dr. Hossam Haick<\/span><\/h2>\nWhen Dr. Hossam Haick was studying for his doctorate, a friend of his was diagnosed with leukemia. “It was very painful for me. I saw his suffering. That was the first time I began to think about diagnosing cancer by means of oxygenating substances that are excreted in a photocatalytic procedure (accelerated by light ) and come into contact with cancer cells. Nazareth-born Haick has since amazed the world with an ingenious system for detecting cancer via breath tests.<\/span> \nHaick\u2019s patented “electronic nose” promises to detect several types of cancer in their early stages. His goal is to detect cancer early enough \u00a0to give the human body a better chance of beating the disease. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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9\/11 Never again<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cAt critical moments in an emergency, there is no time.\u201d<\/span> Security expert Prof. Avi Kirschenbaum.<\/span><\/p>\nA decate later and the trauma is fresh. And the global threat is still there. Post 9\/11, everyone wants to know they are safe on a plane. \u00a0<\/span> \nHigh-tech security innovation has always been quietly high on the scientific agenda of Israel\u2019s top institute of technology, but recently world headlines showed another aspect of Technion expertise – people management in a crisis.<\/span> \n\u201cAt critical moments in an emergency, there is no time to consult a supervisor or read the manual,\u201d says Prof. Avi Kirschenbaum, whose decades of expertise in home-front security recently won his team a $5 million grant by the European Union to ensure airport against hostile threats. \u201cIn order to prevent disasters and deal with them properly, we have to ensure that all the teams, and not just security teams, will be trained and highly motivated.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Upwardly Motile<\/span><\/p>\n“For interdisciplinary science, Technion is an excellent place.” <\/span>\u00a0Prof. Kinneret Keren<\/span><\/p>\nNamed one of the 100 top young innovators by MIT’s Technology Review Magazine, Dr. Kinneret Keren is researching nature’s genius in self-assembly. On one hand this can be used \u00a0in the creation of nano-scale electronics; on the other, it brings a \u00a0wealth of understanding to \u00a0medical science – understanding \u00a0a cell\u2019s motility – or how it \u00a0moves through space and time can provide the master-keys for healing such diseases as cancer or heart disease.<\/span> \nKeren integrates physics and cell biology in her research, moving between real and artificial cells. “The biophysical aspects of cell biology have been neglected in many areas,” she explains: “Basic cellular processes are highly relevant to understanding normal processes and diseases, for example, understanding how and why cells move faster brings a chance to better understand how cancer spreads.” <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Think Global<\/span><\/div>\nThink Technion<\/span><\/div>\n \n<\/span><\/div>\n <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\u201cIsrael can win the battle for survival only by developing expert knowledge in technology.”<\/span><\/div>\nProf. Albert Einstein (President of the first Technion Society)<\/span><\/div>\n“Technion has a great contribution to make to Israel’s future prosperity, and Israel’s prosperity cannot but be of great benefit to other countries, as well.”<\/span><\/div>\nWinston Churchill (The late Prime Minister of Great Britain)<\/span><\/div>\n“You \u2013 the people of the Technion \u2013 have led the way in technology, science and engineering.”<\/span><\/div>\nYitzhak Rabin (The late Prime Minister of Israel)<\/span><\/div>\n“The Technion has been a beacon of learning in our region.”<\/span><\/div>\nThe late King Hussein of Jordan<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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