The American National Institute of Health has awarded a $2.1 million dollar grant to researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in New York and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, for future research into the genetic origins and possible treatment of schizophrenia.

An Israeli research team finds a stem cell cure for macular degeneration.

When Dr. Ada Yonath was asked to place a bet on her chances to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, she decided to answer the question with a question: “Do you think I should go to the hairdresser?”

A group of Israeli scientists have proven that DNA evidence can be faked and even created, all without tissue samples.

While we humans find food crops tasty, so do other animals like rodents. In the battle to control these pest populations, we’ve often resorted to pesticides; those chemicals, however, can do significant damage to the ecosystem as a whole. As an alternative, scientists and farmers are working together to promote natural methods of pest control.

Desert Pavement in the Rub’ al-Khali. Scale cube measures 1cm on a sidePhoto by Meteorite Recon on Wikimedia Commons. Used under Creative Commons License.

Newspapers, among them the New York Daily News, reported today based on a report on LiveScience that scientists in the Negev have discovered the Earth’s oldest surface. What’s that, [...]

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To note tomorrow’s celebration of love on Valentine’s Day, CNN World Report is featuring a piece on several Israeli scientists working on enhancing the sensory experience of giving flowers. They’re hoping to improve the scent of flowers, those perennial gift of affection, so that they smell as nice as they look. This [...]

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With today marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, we thought it would be fitting to note the impact his theory of evolution has had on research in Israel. Of course, the theory of evolution underlies much biology research today, but this is, after all, a blog exploring the latest in [...]

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Israeli scientists have some great news in the field of stem cell research.  By transplanting nerve stem cells directly into the brains of mice born with birth defects (thanks to exposure to drugs and toxins), a Hebrew University team was able to get these mice to function at levels approaching normal. Where [...]

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For years, scientists have looked for good ways to treat Type I diabetes, a serious disease that reduces or eliminates the body’s ability to process sugars. (See Wikipedia for more.) For more than 85 years, the best way to manage diabetes has been through carefully monitored injections of insulin hormone. [...]