Interferon

Prof. Michel Revel

Beta interferon drug for Multiple Sclerosis

08.09.2010

Genetics, Benefiting Humanity

Prof. Michel Revel spent more than 30 years studying interferons, which play a key role in the immune system. In the late 1970s, he isolated the...

Judith Chebath, Prof. Michel Revel, Prof. Menachem Rubinstein and Dr. Daniela Novick

The Interferon Story

05.06.2007

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Chemistry, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Interferon-based drugs are a multi-billion dollar industry, used for treatment of viral diseases such as hepatitis, some...

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Prof. Yonina Eldar. Photo by Ronen Aharoni

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