An international study led by a Tel Aviv University (TAU) researcher describes a novel technology that can assist many patients who are implanted with bioprosthetic heart valves. By genetically engineering the biological component in the valve, it is possible to avoid immunological attack and calcification risk, offering next-generation durable bioprosthetic heart valves. Dr. Vered Padler-Karavani… Read More
Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and Israel’s Shamir Medical Center were able to successfully relieve the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in military combat veterans using a new protocol of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). In a controlled clinical trial involving Israeli army veterans who suffered from treatment-resistant PTSD, the approach demonstrated significant… Read More
Researchers from the Sagol Center for Regenerative Biotechnology at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have engineered 3D human spinal cord tissues and implanted them in laboratory animal models with long-term chronic paralysis. The encouraging result was an approximately 80% success rate in restoring walking abilities. Now the researchers are preparing for the next stage of the… Read More
A new international study led by Tel Aviv University (TAU) has determined that a ketogenic diet may reduce the effects of brain damage after traumatic injury. The study indicates that the diet improves spatial memory and visual memory, lowers brain inflammation indices, causes less neuronal death, and slows down the rate of cellular aging. The… Read More
Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have successfully treated autism in animal models with medical cannabis oil. The researchers found that this treatment improves both behavioral and biochemical parameters of autism. The study was led by PhD student Shani Poleg and Professor Daniel Offen of TAU’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, and… Read More
A TAU-led research team has uncovered a core mechanism that causes ALS and succeeded in reversing its effects. While the root cause of ALS remains unknown, the discovery reveals the basic biological mechanism that leads to nerve destruction in the early stages of the incurable disease that afflicts an estimated one out of every 400… Read More
A new artificial intelligence (AI) technology developed at Tel Aviv University (TAU) will make it possible to identify patients who are at risk of serious illness as a result of blood infections. The researchers trained the AI program to study the electronic medical records of about 8,000 patients at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital who were… Read More
Tel Aviv University (TAU) Professor Illana Gozes, in collaboration with colleagues from Hong Kong, was named among the winners of the 2021 Healthy Longevity Catalyst Awards, presented by the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM), for her contributions at the vanguard of Alzheimer’s research. Professor Gozes, of TAU’s Sagol School of Neuroscience and the Adams… Read More