Background Natural killer (NK) cells are innate effector lymphocytes that efficiently kill tumor cells without prior stimulation. NK are crucial first responders to tumor transformation and viral, bacterial, or fungal infections. They are also ...

Background Emulsification in aqueous media is not effective for the encapsulation of hydrophilic drugs. Peptides and proteins may deteriorate when exposed to aqueous-organic interfaces Neuropeptides are potent CNS neuromodulators and have many ...

Category Life Sciences and Bio Technology    Keywords Chemotherapy, Drug resistance * The project is conducted in collaboration with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Application Cells with multidrug resistance (MDR) due to aberrant ...

Our Innovation   The finding by HUJI researchers uncovers a novel structure of an outer mitochondrial membrane [Fe-S] protein (mitoNEET) determined by X-ray crystallography (Fig 1)  MitoNEET is an outer mitochondrial membrane protein that ...

  Background Many important biochemical compounds and drugs of natural origin contain spirofuranone ring structures (these structures exist among carbohydrates, terpenoids, vitamins, alkaloids, glycosides and antibiotics). All derived from a ...

  Background        Very small tumors (<5mm) in gastrointestinal GI tract can hardly be detected by external means (CT, MRI, etc.) or ultrasound endoscopic examination. Stomach and liver cancers as well as pancreas are deadliest diseases ...

  Background Oxazine, Azaspirone, Quinolines, Quinolinone, and Quinolinol structures are frequently observed as scaffold segments in various biochemical compounds. These architectures have been identified as building blocks of a numerous ...

  Background Methylene lactone structures are frequently observed as scaffold segments of various biochemical compounds. These architectures have been identified as building blocks of numerous terpenoids, as well as other families of diverse ...

Background As for today, an oral treatment to metastasis therapy is still an unmet challenge. We discovered a new approach to treat metastatic disease in that was verified in several preclinical models. Our Innovation A new approach to treat ...

Background The healing of fractures could be a slow process that implies patient suffering and temporary disability, and incurs costs to healthcare, insurance and social security systems. The current interventions for stabilization of ...

  Background Zinc and copper are essential metal-ions for numerous biological processes.  Their levels are tightly maintained in all body organs. Impairment of serum Zn2+ to Cu2+ ratio (ZCR) was found to correlate with many disease states, ...

Background Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of blindness in elderlies in the western world and an increasingly growing problem. The global AMD and diabetic retinopathy treatment market is overwhelmingly dominated by ...

  Application Improved electrical connections between neurons and electronic devices for human-device improved interface and for research Highlights The ring-like Stable Protein 1 (SP1) is a homo-dodecamer with an outer diameter of 11nm and ...

  Background Implant devices are extensively used, but have a few limitations: Most implants remain in the body even after they finish their task Removal of implants is costly and requires an invasive procedure; only 20-30% are actually ...

Categories Oncology, Cancer, Diagnostics Development Stage In vitro proof of concept and small animals Patent Status PCT application filed Market Cancer testing is currently one of the most important growth opportunities diagnostics ...

Background Most cancers are unstable and highly susceptible to cell death; hence tumors represent a steady-state picture of unregulated proliferation as well as ongoing cell death. Therefore, substantial levels of tumor specific DNA may be ...

Reches Meital, HUJI, Faculty of Science, The Institute of Chemistry Background The surface chemistry and topography of implants are very important to their design. This is because the interface between the implant and the human body will ...

Background  Micro-emulsions are formed more or less spontaneously when their components are brought into contact.  They have been the only successful delivery systems for certain types of pharmaceutical compounds, particularly compounds such as ...

Background In the brain, α-Synuclein (α-Syn) protein is associated with the pathogenesis and progression of Parkinson’s disease and the related synucleinopathies, neurodegenerative diseases characterised by the abnormal accumulation of ...

    Background The process of cancer metastasis consists of a series of sequential events that requires deregulated proliferation and eventually distal dissemination involving detachment from the extracellular matrices and invasion of the ...