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Israeli Breath test could identify head and neck cancer

An 'electronic nose' can distinguish between molecules found in the breath of head-and-neck cancer patients and those of healthy people, according to the results of a small, initial study published in the British Journal of Cancer. Researchers from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology collected breath samples from 82 people from three groups: head-and-neck cancer patients, lung cancer patients and healthy people. The team examined the differences in the molecules present in the exhal...

Robots back breakthrough surgery.

SpineAssist – an Israeli invention – is revolutionizing delicate spinal surgery. Judy Siegel-Itzkovich spoke to the innovative company’s CEO. Many patients scheduled for a major spinal operation naturally worry that they might find themselves in a wheelchair due to a surgical error, or simple bad luck. While this happens only rarely, it is a possibility. The results of orthopedic surgery are as good as the specialist who performs it – but today, the risk is much reduced. Not only is there...

Prof. Michael Karin and Prof. Alexander Polyakov – Winners of 2010 Harvey Prize

Prof. Michael Karin and Prof. Alexander Polyakov are the winners of the Technion’s 2010 Harvey Prize. Prof. Karin, from the University of California, San Diego, will receive the prize in the field of human health. He discovered the strong link between obesity, inflammation and cancer. The judges decided to award the prize to Prof. Karin for “his pioneering contribution that led to deciphering the molecular mechanism through which mammalian cells react to cytokines which cause inflammation...

Cancer Biomarkers in the Blood- a research from Technion

Finding the hallmarks of cancer in blood is hard to do — cancer-related proteins are present only in small amounts, are difficult to sort from all of the other circulating proteins, and tend to be eliminated quickly by the body. But one group has devised a method that could turn that around. At the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Arie Admon and his team have devised a method that combines immunoaffinity purification, microcapillary chromatography, and mass spectrometry to separ...

Neural computation, Brain imaging and Psychiatry

Neural computation, Brain imaging and Psychiatry conference will be held at Shaar-Menashe Mental Health Center (Israel, 27/12/2010). Questions and confirmation: Most@sm.health.gov.il Tweet

June 15th, 2010: A Meeting with the Sheba & Rambam Campus Scientists

June 15th, 2010: A Meeting with the Sheba & Rambam Campus Scientists

The First Scientific Agreement between Japan and Israel

Researchers from the Technion and Japan will collaborate to develop a platform for the creation of blood vessels and cells from embryonic stem cells. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyau said last week that the children of Israel should study Chinese as well as English. Personally, I would like to see more Israeli children doing the final exams, but I agree with his general approach. It's pretty obvious that the market is heading east: to India, China and Japan. And it's just as obvious that ...

Entrepeneurship Lessons from the Technion, Now on Youtube

The Technion is uploading an entire entrepeneurship course onto Youtube. Entrepeneurship is good. Free stuff is good. The Technion is good. That’s why I think the Technion’s new idea is absolutely brilliant: uploading the lectures from an ongoing Technological Entrepreneurship course to Youtube. If I ever want to op en my own start-up, this is going to be useful. Plus, the lectures themselves are interesting and highly recommended. Other th an that, I like the fact that the Te...