News tagged with tel aviv university

Young blood fights cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

Dec 30, 2008 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0

"New blood" can revitalize a company or a sports team. Recent research by Tel Aviv University finds that young blood does a body good as well, especially when it comes to fighting cancer.

A sprightly explanation for UFO sightings?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Feb 23, 2009 | 2.6 / 5 (19) | 6

In legend, sprites are trolls, elves and other spirits that dance high above our ozone layer. But scientists at Tel Aviv University have discovered that some very real "sprites" are zipping across the atmosphere ...

New 'bubble' targets only cancer cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Feb 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

For millions of Americans with cancer, the side effects of chemotherapy and other treatment drugs can be devastating. But new drug-delivery research based on nano- and microtechnology from Tel Aviv University might provide ...

A fantastic voyage brought to life

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Jan 15, 2009 | 4 / 5 (9) | 4

Ever since the 1966 Hollywood movie, doctors have imagined a real-life Fantastic Voyage -- a medical vehicle shrunk small enough to "submarine" in and fix faulty cells in the body. Thanks to new research by ...

Can cannibalism fight infections?

Chemistry /

Feb 02, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (8) | 1

Whenever humans create a new antibiotic, deadly bacteria can counter it by turning into new, indestructible super-bugs. That's why bacterial infection is the number one killer in hospitals today. But new research ...

Evil-doers everywhere: Get a whiff of this

Chemistry /

Feb 18, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (4) | 0

The food you eat, the drugs you take, your state of mind, and your gender -- all these make your sweat unique. Tel Aviv University chemists may turn this fact into a new crime-fighting tool that would make ...

New research links diabetes to cognitive deterioration

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Mar 05, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Blindness, renal failure, stroke and heart disease are potential complications of type 2 diabetes, which currently afflicts more than 15 million Americans. Now research from Tel Aviv University has found more worrying news ...

Changing sexes on the sea floor

Biology /

Feb 19, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Trees do it. Bees do it. Even environmentally stressed fish do it. But Prof. Yossi Loya from Tel Aviv University's Department of Zoology is the first in the world to discover that Japanese sea corals engage ...

Reversing ecology reveals ancient environments

Biology /

Feb 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

From hair color to the ancestral line of parasitic bacteria, scientists can glean a lot from genes. But imagine if genes also revealed where you lived or who you spent time with. It turns out they do, if you know where and ...

Mind out of balance, body out of balance

Medicine & Health / Research

Jan 22, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Many of the 40 million American adults who suffer from anxiety disorders also have problems with balance. As increasing numbers of children are diagnosed with anxiety, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that ...

Rats say: Manhattan rules!

Biology /

Jan 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

If you leave it up to the rats, New York City beats New Orleans any day.

Engineering bouncing babies, one at a time

Medicine & Health / Other

Mar 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

As hopeful moms-to-be learn, there are important considerations to the successful implantation of a fertilized human egg. A calm environment, regular hormonal injections and the timing of the implantation can all affect the ...

Seizing the day

Medicine & Health / Health

Dec 31, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

Subject to sudden unexpected seizures, epileptics are often a subject of discrimination in the workforce. Many employers are hesitant to hire epileptics, fearing that stressful workplace situations might bring on an attack. ...

An individualized approach to breast cancer treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

Jan 26, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Not all breast cancers are the same, and not all will have fatal consequences. But because clinicians find it difficult to accurately determine which tumors will metastasize, many patients do not receive the therapy fits ...

Breathing easier

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Jan 05, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 1

If you're an asthma sufferer, make sure the medical history at your doctor's office includes your employment and recreation plans. A new screening tool developed by Tel Aviv University researchers may save you a trip to the ...