IMRIC Discovery Provides Next Steps for Gene Therapy Discovery by Hebrew University's IMRIC researchers of an additional role for a key molecule in our bodies provides a further step in world-wide efforts to develop genetic regulation aimed at controlling many diseases, including AIDS and various types of cancers.
Largest-Ever Collection of Coins from Bar-Kokhba Revolt Found in the Judean Hills The largest cache of rare coins ever found in a scientific excavation from the period of the Bar-Kokhba revolt of the Jews against the Romans has been discovered in a cave by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar-Ilan University.
Billy Shapira New Director-General of Hebrew University September 17, 2009 - Billy Shapira, director of the Students Administration at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has been appointed as the new director-general of the university, President Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, university president, announced today. She will replace, on Oct. 1, Elhanan Hacohen, who has served as director-general for the past five years.
Discovery of ‘Alert Status’ Area in Brain by Hebrew University Scientists Opens Door to Future Treatment of Disorders of Impaired Consciousness September 16, 2009 - A new understanding of how anesthesia and anesthesia-like states are controlled in the brain opens the door to possible new future treatments of various states of loss of consciousness, such as reversible coma, according to Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists.
Prof. Isaiah (Shy) Arkin Appointed Head of the Authority for Research and Development at Hebrew U.
Prof. Isaiah (Shy) Arkin Appointed Head of the Authority for Research and Development at Hebrew U. September 15, 2009 - Prof. Isaiah (Shy) Arkin has been appointed head of the Authority for Research and Development at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, it was announced by Hebrew University president, Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, last week.
Hebrew U. Researchers Awarded Research Grants Totaling Over 6 Million EUR September 7, 2009 - Five young Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists have been awarded five-year research grants – for the second consecutive year - as part of a European Union competition for outstanding researchers who are branching out independently. The total amount awarded to the researchers is 6,383,482 Euros.
Hebrew U., M.I.T Foster Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation Through Technology Summer Program September 3, 2009 - Thirty Israeli and Palestinian teenagers recently completed an innovative summer program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem designed to foster cooperation between the region's future business leaders.
Promising New Treatment for Alzheimer’s Suggested Based on Hebrew University Research July 21, 2009 - Research carried out at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has resulted in a promising approach to help treat Alzheimer’s disease in a significant proportion of the population that suffers from a particularly rapid development of this disease.