BGN Technologies, BGU’s technology transfer company, announced yesterday that researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Cincinnati Children’s), University of Cincinnati (UC), and Soroka University Medical Center, have developed a novel technology for unblocking and removing secretions from airways for the treatment of patients suffering from diseases affecting the respiratory tract such as bronchiolitis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis (CF).
These molecules may prevent only some of a crucial gene’s activities without affecting others.
The brain’s “reward system” is why we find such pleasure in the perfect pair of high heels at 50% off, and still continue shopping for a matching handbag that we might not really need.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and is characterized by symptoms including memory loss, speech impairments, orientation problems, and an impairment of motor functions.
HU team says that “designer babies” are still more fantasy than future.
A quantum solid, made of electrons, had been predicted but never seen with imaging.
Israeli and American scientists have discovered that administering probiotics in hospital intensive care units may lead to blood infections, and in some cases, the adverse effects could outweigh the potential benefits.
BGU Prof. (Emer.) Jeffrey Gordon and his US colleagues have designed a miniaturized solar-power prototype that offers a major step forward for private commercial space missions. NASA is set to send a prototype to the international space station with its first launch of 2020.
A study on mice shows animal research may need to take into account the connection between genes, behavior and personality.
Genetic studies of three generations of a Jewish family of Iranian descent conducted at BGU have identified a previously unknown mechanism for the disease.
New Tel Aviv University study attempts to put to rest an ongoing debate over when, and from which direction, the elusive, artistic Aurignacian culture was brought to the Levan.
A study in mice showed that reducing a particular hormone signal keeps the cancer from growing and spreading.
Measuring children’s gaze patterns as they watch movies of social interactions is a reliable way to accurately identify nearly half of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) cases, according to a new study just published in Autism Research by BGU researchers.