By Lena H. Sun September 15 Scientists have produced the strongest evidence yet that Zika virus infection in pregnant women causes microcephaly in their babies. In a report released Thursday, researchers from Brazil and Britain studied babies born this year in the heart of the epidemic in northeastern Brazil. They compared 32 babies born with microcephaly [...]
By Ariana Eunjung Cha September 6 One of the most spectacular feats of such creatures as bats, bees and snakes is hibernation. For months at a time, these animals essentially go into power-save mode. Their temperature drops, metabolism slows down and oxygen consumption is limited to minimal levels. This basic adaptation helps them survive the harshest of environmental conditions. A new [...]
By Lena H. Sun September 9 This summer, a Pennsylvania woman was found to carry a superbug that is resistant to the antibiotic of last resort, causing alarm about the potential of dangerous drug resistance spreading across the United States. Ever since, health researchers have been looking for where else such germs might be lurking. On Friday, the [...]
By Ariana Eunjung Cha August 29 A public service announcement against the spread of Aedes mosquitoes, a carrier for the Zika virus, in the Aljunied Crescent neighborhood of Singapore on Aug. 29. (Roslan Rahman/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images) Global health officials stepped up defensive measures against Zika over the weekend as the virus continued to expand [...]
Scientists have discovered a bacterium living inside the human nose that produces an antibiotic capable of killing one of the most hard-to-treat pathogens — a pathogen that causes serious, even deadly skin and wound infections, bloodstream infections and pneumonia. German researchers found that this antibacterial substance was effective in treating skin infections in mice caused by Staphylococcus [...]
By Lena H. Sun July 28 U.S. and British officials announced an ambitious collaboration Thursday designed to accelerate the discovery and development of new antibiotics in the fight against one of the modern era’s greatest health threats: antibiotic resistance. CARB-X, for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator, will create one of the world’s largest public-private [...]
By Joseph Straus, Staff Writer TEL AVIV, Israel – “The microbiome is still in its diapers,” says Nitsan Maharshak, somewhat tongue in cheek. Though the challenges are many and microbiome science is still in its infancy, it is becoming increasingly clear that the microbiome plays a major role in the pathophysiological processes related to various diseases. [...]
На старте – стартапы Как мы уже сообщали, в минувшем месяце в тель-авивском отеле "Давид Интерконтиненталь" прошла международная конференция BIOMED-2016. Посвященная новейшим достижениям в области биологической медицины, она созывается в нашей стране уже 15-й раз, и с каждым годом привлекает все больше участников со всех уголков планеты, подчеркивая тем самым роль, которую играет Израиль в области передовых медицинских технологий. Яков Зубарев, Фото [...]
Patrick Terry, whose children were diagnosed 20 years ago diagnosed with a rare genetic disease, he went with his wife to look for a cure to save them and this was the start of serial entrepreneur biotech companies. *** הסיפור על קבלן הבנייה שהפך ליזם ביוטק מצליח פטריק טרי, שילדיו אובחנו לפני כ-20 שנה כלוקים במחלה [...]
Printed version Researchers were able to cure mice using replacement hemophilia gene - targeting therapeutic genes to unwanted cells מחדירים לגוף דנ"א חדש ומתקנים את הגנטיקה חוקרים הצליחו לרפא עכברים מהמופיליה באמצעות שחלוף גנטי – הכוונת גנים מרפאים אל תאים רצויים כיום, באמצעות הרפואה הגנית, ניתן להנדס את הדנ"א בתאי גופנו כדי להילחם במחלות גנטיות [...]