Safe Playground to be Built at Politz Hebrew Academy
Keystone Mercy Health Plan to Build a New, Safe Playground in Seven Hours for Orthodox Jewish School Philadelphia, PA (Vocus) June 4, 2009 -- More than 40 Keystone Mercy Health Plan employees, staff from Politz Hebrew Academy and volunteers from State Representative B...Groundbreaking for Safe Playground Build at Politz Hebrew Academy
Keystone Mercy Health Plan to Build Safe Playground for Small, Orthodox Jewish School in Northeast Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pa. (Vocus) May 29, 2009 -- Keystone Mercy Health Plan, the largest medical assistance managed care organization in Pennsylvania, will hold a gr...Hebrew University scientist develop technique for eliminating reblockage of arteries
Jerusalem, March 9, 2009 An easily implementable technique to avoid reblockage of arteries that have been cleared through angioplasty and stent insertion has been developed by researchers led by Prof. Boris Rubinsky of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Angioplasty is the "gold-standard" tr...RNA engineering to combat series of illnesses wins Kaye Award for Hebrew University dean
Research that has yielded success in controlling certain errors in gene expression as a safer and more effective alternative to conventional drugs has won for Prof. Hermona Soreq, dean of the Faculty of Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, one of this year's Kaye Innovation Awards. Th...Humans have more distinctive hearing than animals, Hebrew U study shows
Jerusalem, April 1, 2008 Do humans hear better than animals? It is known that various species of land and water-based living creatures are capable of hearing some lower and higher frequencies than humans are capable of detecting. However, scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and els...Robert H. Smith 'Feeding the Future' with $15 Million Gift to Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Challenge Grant from Noted Real Estate Developer's Foundation to Lead the Way in Ending Global Hunger, Improving Nutrition NEW YORK, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- The Robert H. Smith Family Foundation has pledged a $15 million challenge grant to transform The Hebrew University of Jerusalem...2 Hebrew University scientists awarded Wolf Prizes
Jerusalem, Jan. 9. 2008 -- Two Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers, Prof. Howard Cedar and Prof. Aharon Razin, have been awarded the 2008 Wolf Prize in Medicine for their fundamental contributions to the control of gene expression and cancer research. Minister of Education Prof. Yuli Ta...Stem Cells' "Suspended" State Preserved by Key Step, Scientists Report
...een several young laboratories. Additional co-authors are graduate student Adi Alajem and Eran Meshorer, PhD, assistant professor of genetics, both at hebrew University of Jerusalem; Kathrin Plath, PhD, assistant professor; Rupa Sridharan., PhD, postdoctoral fellow, and Michael Mason, graduate student, all ...Staying One Step Ahead of Osteoporosis
...t=474 ) Osteoporosis is also a huge problem in other parts of the world. In another study, Leonid Kandel, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon at Hadassah- hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem, Israel, looked at improving the diagnosis rate of osteoporosis in post menopausal women, who fracture the dis...Promising new treatment for Alzheimer's suggested based on Hebrew University research
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. In the research at the Silberman Institute of Life...Scent on demand: Hebrew University scientists enhance the scent of flowers
A team of scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found a way to genetically enhance the scent of flowers and implant a scent in those that don't have one. Smell plays an important role in our lives: It influences the way in which we choose fruit and vegetables, perfume, and even a...Electronic structure of DNA revealed for 1st time by Hebrew University and collaborating researchers
Jerusalem, February 28, 2008 Utilizing a technique that combines low temperature measurements and theoretical calculations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists and others have revealed for the first time the electronic structure of single DNA molecules. The knowledge of the electronic p...Five young Hebrew University scientists win first competitive EU grants
Jerusalem, Dec. 26, 2007 Five young Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists have been awarded five-year research grants under the European Unions first competition for outstanding starting independent investigators. The amount awarded to the five Hebrew University winners totals 6,380,000 euros...Antioxidant to retard wrinkles discovered by Hebrew University researcher
A new method for fighting skin wrinkles has been developed at the Hebrew University Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences. In her doctoral research at the university, Dr. Orit Bossi succeeded in isolating a plant-based antioxidant that delays the aging process by count...A first -- Hebrew University scientist observes brain cell development in 'real time'
For the first time anywhere, a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has succeeded in observing in vivo the generation of neurons in the brain of a mammal. Dr. Adi Mizrahi of the Department of Neurobiology at the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at the Hebrew University...'LEGO-Like' building blocks to halt cell growth wins Hebrew University prize
A method for delivery of drugs to targeted cells through the design of specific molecular structures called SIB (Small Integrated Building Blocks) has won a prestigious scientific prize for a Ph.D. student in organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalemite Nir Qvit, 34, will ...Are dancers genetically different than the rest of us? Yes, says Hebrew University researcher
What makes dancers different than the rest of us? Genetic variants, says a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In a study published in the American journal, Public Library of Science Genetics, Psychology Prof. Richard P. Ebstein and his research associates have shown, through DNA...New protein discovered by Hebrew University researchers
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have succeeded in discovering and isolating a new protein from the poplar tree with special structural and qualitative characteristics that could have consequences for development of future nanocapsules for drug delivery to cancer cells. In addition...IFAR contributes to study that finds genes that influence the start of menstruation
... (Boston, Mass.)Two scientists at the Institute for Aging Research of hebrew SeniorLife are part of an international team of investigators that has identified genes that influence the start of menstruation, a milestone of femal...Keryx Biopharmaceuticals Announces Appointment of Ron Bentsur as Chief Executive Officer
...er in NYC, most of this period at ING Barings Furman Selz. Mr. Bentsur holds a BA in Economics and Business Administration with distinction from the hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and an MBA, Magna Cum Laude, from New York University's Stern Graduate School of Business. The terms of Mr. Be...Hebrew University scientist develop technique for eliminating reblockage of arteries
...ertion has been developed by researchers led by Prof. Boris Rubinsky of the hebrew University of Jerusalem. Angioplasty is the "gold-standard" treatment ...he Rachel and Selim Benin School of Computer Science and Engineering of the hebrew University of Jerusalem and a professor in the graduate school at the Unive...Neurofocus Appoints Stephen Kosslyn to Its Advisory Board
...ging, and entertainment. The company leverages Doctorate-level academic credentials in neuroscience and marketing from Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, and the hebrew University combined with C-suite level business management and consulting experience. NeuroFocus clients include Fortune 100 companies across the co...NeuroFocus Chief Science Advisor Wins Humboldt Prize
...ging, and entertainment. The company leverages Doctorate-level academic credentials in neuroscience and marketing from Berkeley, MIT, Harvard, and the hebrew University combined with C-suite level business management and consulting experience. NeuroFocus clients include Fortune 100 companies across the co...Engineers harness cell phone technology for use in medical imaging
...(PLoS ONE). Rubinsky, who holds a joint appointment as director of the Research Center for Bioengineering in the Service of Humanity and Society at hebrew University in Jerusalem, worked on this project with Ph.D. student Yair Granot and post-doctoral researcher Antoni Ivorra. Both researchers are in the...Researchers develop method for transmitting medical images via cell phones
...via cellular phones that has been developed by a hebrew University of Jerusalem researcher has the potenti... School of Computer Science and Engineering at the hebrew University of Jerusalem and is also a professor of...ntion is jointly patented and owned by Yissum, the hebrew Universitys Technology Transfer Company, and by th...Dr. Arie S. Belldegrun, MD, FACS Joins Two River Group Holdings as Chairman and Partner
...Chair in Urologic Oncology, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received his medical degree at the hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, and conducted his post-doctoral studies at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. He completed his Urologic ...International team identifies 480 genes that control human cell division
...olved in cancer because they are not activated, or expressed, in the way they normally are, said co-lead author Itamar Simon, a molecular biologist at hebrew University Medical School in Israel. Rather than cycling on and off as normally occurs when cell replication and development proceeds, these genes are...