Although clinical trial data are encouraging, real-world evidence with regard to the COVID-19 vaccine remains scarce. In particular, response to the vaccine among those previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 is still not completely understood.
Comparing the RNA of a healthy person with the RNA of someone who is ill can teach us a great deal about cancer, Alzheimer’s and various other diseases. Dr. Shahar Alon, of the Kofkin Faculty of Engineering, the Institute of Nanotechnology & Advanced Materials and the Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center at Bar-Ilan University, has developed a novel technique for detecting RNA molecules in tissue.
People who have recovered from the use of addictive substances, such as drugs and alcohol, face the challenge of maintaining their new state. Different approaches for recovery maintenance, along with personal and social factors, influence the style of maintenance and its success. A study, conducted by Dr. Keren Gueta and Prof. Natti Ronel of Bar-Ilan’s Department of Criminology together with Prof.
World-renowned experts in virology, immunology and epidemiology delivered a virtual briefing on the coronavirus pandemic and Israel's ongoing vaccination campaign to an audience that included hundreds of health ministry representatives and members of the Jewish community from around the world. The event was hosted by the Center for Jewish Impact and Bar-Ilan University.
The B’nai B’rith World Center-Jerusalem and the Committee to Recognize the Heroism of Jewish Rescuers during the Holocaust recently presented their joint Jewish Rescuers Citation in honor of 18 heroes at a virtual ceremony.
Bar-Ilan University and the Center for Jewish Impact invite you to an online briefing on the coronavirus vaccine campaign in Israel.
Renowned researchers from BIU’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine and Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences will share knowledge and insights on what’s important to know about the vaccine, and how Israel is running the vaccination campaign.
The event will be held on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 6:00 pm (Israel time). Register for the webinar here.
Self-control significantly affects well-being and objective success in life. Although many agree that a high degree of self-control is beneficial, helping people develop more self-control is a tricky challenge. Self-control training, like training in any domain, is affected by the basic question of whether a person is motivated to improve self-control. Recent work has found that people differ as to how strongly they desire better self-control, and reveals some of the factors affecting this desire.
Stopping the spread of COVID-19 is difficult enough. It’s even more complicated and confusing when information and resources provided by governments are largely inaccessible to a variety of disabled populations. A newly-published global survey of national health authority websites in nearly 200 countries has directly quantified COVID-19 information accessibility.
Over the last decade the field of genomics, which enables the extraction and in-depth study of RNA molecules from any tissue, has transformed biology and medicine. Molecules derived from a tissue of a healthy individual, for example, can be compared to molecules of a diseased individual, potentially revealing the cause of disease.
For two millennia, Jews have imprinted signs and inscriptions on their bodies. Although the Bible prohibits tattooing (Leviticus 19:28: "Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor imprint any marks upon you"), there were Jews who wrote the Lord’s name on their bodies, apparently with ink. Prof. Meir Bar-Ilan's research examines the evidence for this practice.
