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Should frozen sperm be used to create posthumous grandchildren?
By MICHELLE GOLDBERG
NEW YORK CITY (Tablet)–Last fall, 27-year-old Ohad Ben-Yaakov was injured in an accident at his part-time job, and he died after two weeks in a coma. Ben-Yaakov wasn’t married, nor was he in a relationship. No woman was pregnant with his child.
Nevertheless, his devastated parents believe it’s not too late for them to [...]
Weizmann Institute Researchers Sequence the Woodland Strawberry Genome
REHOVOT, Israel — In a collaborative effort involving 74 researchers from 38 research institutes, scientists have produced the full genome of a wild strawberry plant. The research appeared on December 26 in Nature Genetics online.
Drs. Asaph Aharoni and Avital Adato of the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Department of Plant Sciences were the sole Israeli scientists [...]
Four questions for Dr. Tanenbaum
Compiled By Jeffery Marks
This week we feature the views of Dr. Howard Tanenbaum. Tanenbaum, FRCS (Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons), is in private practice at the Center for Sight, which he founded. The center has offices in Albany, Schenectady, Utica and Pittsfield, Mass. The doctor has been a professor and divisional head of [...]
Four questions for Dr. Propp
Compiled By JEFFERY MARKS
This week we feature the views of Dr. Richard Propp of Albany. Dr. Propp’s speciality is public health. He is the chairman of the Capital District Alliance for Universial Health Care, Inc. He is a congregant of B’nai Sholom in Albany.
How will the new health care reform legislation lower costs?
I should start [...]
Worms Provide Clues About How Neurons Form Menorahs
By: Kevin Hattori (American Technion Society)
A breakthrough about the formation and maintenance of tree-like nerve cell structures could have future applications in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and the repair of injuries in which neurons are damaged. The findings by the international team led by Prof. Benjamin Podbilewicz of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Faculty [...]
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Tagged Benjamin Podbilewicz, Biology, c elegans, David Hall, Israel, Kevin Hattori, light and electron microscopy, Martin Chalfie, New York City, Oren-Suissa, Prof. Benjamin Podbilewicz, Prof. Podbilewicz, PVDs, technion israel institute of technology
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Early detection of Parkinson’s disease by voice analysis
A new technique involving analysis of voice and articulation to assist in early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease has been developed by Prof. Shimon Sapir of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Haifa. Continue reading
Stem Cells “Born” at the Technion Get New Life
In a victory for stem cell researchers, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has re-approved for federally funded research four stem cell lines that originated from cells “born” at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Continue reading
Reducing self-stigma of mental illness
A new intervention, the result of a collaboration between researchers from the University of Haifa, City University of New York and Indiana University, was found to reduce the self-stigma and improve the quality of life and self-esteem among persons with serious mental illness. Continue reading
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Tagged David Roe, illness, Indiana, indiana university school of medicine, intervention, Israel, john jay college of criminal justice, negative stigma, New York, Oren Deri, Paul H. Lysaker, Philip T. Yanos, Prof. Paul Lysaker, Prof. Philip Yanos, Prof. Roe, University, Yaara Zisman-
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Scientists stunned as grey whale sighted off Israel
The appearance of a grey whale off the coast of Israel has stunned scientists, in what was thought to be the first time the giant mammal has been seen outside the Pacific in several hundred years. Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic, Arctic sea, Atlantic, Bering Strait, California, central Israel, Gibraltar, Hazel Ward, Israel, marine mammal research, Mediterranean, Mexico, north Atlantic, north Pacific, northeastern Pacific, Northwest Passage, Pacific, San, san ignacio lagoon, Scheinin, the Gulf, whale, whale sightings
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Science on the train
An Israeli university is taking a new approach to learning by treating passengers traveling on the Israel Rail Service to a series of lectures by the institution’s top scientists. Continue reading
