Tag Archives: Medicine
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
Automated Analysis of Electrocardiology
Technion researchers, together with colleagues in Russia, have developed a technology for the accurate diagnosis of cardiac disorders based on automated analysis of routine electrocardiography Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers have developed a technology for the accurate detection of heart problems, based on routine electrocardiography. They have also built a database and an analytic tool… Read More
Protein Quality Control and Ageing
A team of Technion researchers has presented new findings relating to the gradual deterioration of the body’s protein quality control system during aging. The study, which was published in PNAS – a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal published by the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America – was headed by Assistant Professor… Read More
Technion Harvey Prize: Honoring Pioneers in Chemical Engineering and Medical Sciences
The Harvey Prize, the Technion’s most prestigious award, will this year be awarded to Distinguished Professor Joseph DeSimone of Stanford University in the Science and Technology category and to Professor Raphael Mechoulam of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Human Health category. The Harvey Prize – established in 1971 by Leo Harvey (1887-1973) –… Read More
Improving IVF Success Rates
50New technology developed by the Technion and Embryonics is expected to dramatically improve IVF success rates. The article is published on the 43rd anniversary of the first IVF procedure Forty-three years ago, on November 10, 1977, an in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure in humans was undertaken for the first time in history. Eight and a half… Read More