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TB research could help defeat AIDS too Dr. Natalia Freund of Tel Aviv University explains how tuberculosis is not necessarily a disease of the past. In the early 20th century, every self-respecting city had a tuberculosis sanatorium. By the beginning of the 21st century, most had become tourist attractions. In Israel, there was one left: the Tuberculosis Department at Be'er Ya'akov's Shmuel Harofe Geriatric Medical Center still housed several dozen TB patients until 2019, when the ward closed, apparently because one of the patients attacked a staff member. This event was one factor that led t...

Israeli scientists say they’ve found ‘Achilles’ heel’ of cancer cells A large proportion of tumor and blood cancer cells have an abnormal number of chromosomes, and for the first time Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that these cells have 'unique vulnerabilities' that can be targeted by new treatments The Media Line | Published: 01.28.21 , 14:14 A team of researchers led by scientists at Tel Aviv University say they may have stumbled upon the “Achilles’ heel” of cancer cells, which could in the future lead to the development of an entirely new array of cancer...

Credit: Tel Aviv University What makes cancer cells different from ordinary cells in our bodies? Can these differences be used to strike at them and paralyze their activity? This basic question has bothered cancer researchers since the mid-19th century. The search for unique characteristics of cancer cells is a building block of modern cancer research. A new study led by researchers from Tel Aviv University shows, for the first time, how an abnormal number of chromosomes (aneuploidy) -- a unique characteristic of cancer cells that researchers have known about for decades -- could become a wea...

Tel Aviv University faculty condemn deal with settlement medical school The deal will allow students from Ariel University to do clinical work in TAU's affiliated hospitals. 'We're being forced to support the occupation.' Illustrative photo of doctors in Israel during surgery. (Nati Shohat/Flash90) Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine has signed a student exchange agreement with Ariel University, located in the settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank. The deal will allow students from Ariel University’s Adelson School of Medicine to be placed in hospitals affiliated wit...

Prof. Karen Avraham and Shahar Taiber A new study at Tel Aviv University presents an innovative treatment for deafness, based on the delivery of genetic material into the cells of the inner ear. The genetic material ‘replaces’ the genetic defect and enables the cell to continue functioning normally. The scientists were able to prevent the gradual deterioration of hearing in mice with a genetic mutation for deafness. They maintain that this novel therapy could lead to a breakthrough in treating children born with various mutations that eventually cause deafness. The study was led by Prof. ...