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Prof. Emeritus Nechama Haran-Ghera

Hormone Erythropoietin for Treating Multiple Myeloma

12.09.2010

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity

Haran-Ghera’s research provided the scientific basis for clinical trials of erythropoietin in multiple myeloma and for testing the effects of this hormone on other types of cancer. ...

Prof. Avraham Amsterdam

Asthma Drug Used to Enhance Ovarian and Lung Cancer Treatment

12.09.2010

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Avraham Amsterdam revealed that theophylline, a widely used asthma drug, makes ovarian and lung cancer cells more vulnerable to common anticancer medications.

Prof. Amos Breskin

Advanced Radiation Detectors

12.09.2010

Space & Physics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Amos Breskin develops advanced radiation detectors, which have an important impact on many fields of research, such as particle, nuclear and atomic physics, medical diagnostics, biology and...

Prof. Yair Reisner

Hepatitis B and C Therapies

12.09.2010

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Yair Reisner developed mice with functioning human immune systems. These laboratory animals can be used for research on a broad range of human diseases. Application

Prof. Ephraim Katzir

Development of Synthetic Antigens

12.09.2010

Biochemistry, Benefiting Humanity

In the 1950s, Prof. Ephraim Katzir developed simple synthetic models, known as polyamino acids, that made it easier to study the properties of proteins.

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Immobilized Enzymes Used in the Pharmaceutical Industry

12.09.2010

Biochemistry, Benefiting Humanity

In the 1960s, Prof. Ephraim Katzir developed a method for binding enzymes to a variety of insoluble carriers. Enzymes speed up many chemical processes, and the binding enables them to be reused time...

Prof. Yair Reisner

Method Preventing Transplant Rejection

12.09.2010

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Yair Reisner studied molecules of various sugars and sugar-binding proteins called lectins, which allow cells to identify one another and latch on. Reisner started this research while a...

Prof. Meir Wilchek

A Method for Separating Biological Materials

12.09.2010

Biochemistry, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Meir Wilchek developed a method called affinity chromatography for separating biological materials, such as enzymes, antibodies, hormones and receptors. Prior to the advent of this method, many...

Prof. David Givol

Antibody Fragment Used in Genetic Engineering Techniques

12.09.2010

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. David Givol spent a significant part of his career investigating the structure-function relationship of antibodies. He identified the smallest fragment of antibody containing all its binding...

Prof. Leo Sachs

Amniocentesis

12.09.2010

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Leo Sachs was the first to use cells from the amniotic fluid surrounding the human fetus for diagnostic purposes. The procedure later became known as amniocentesis.

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