Apr 8, 2021
“These results are notable since this is the first demonstration that virulence of human pathogenic bacteria can be mitigated by molecules secreted in probiotic milk products, such as yogurt or kefir,” said BGU researcher Raz Jelinek.
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Israeli researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have identified novel drug candidates based on molecules isolated from probiotic yogurt for combating pathogenic bacteria and treating various inflammatory conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and COVID-19 related cytokine storms.
The research was led by Orit Malka, a Ph.D. student in the laboratory of Prof. Raz Jelinek, the Vice President and Dean for Research & Development at BGU.
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Scientists discover new way to diagnose neurological conditions
Analysis of EEG patterns can rapidly diagnose and monitor Alzheimer s disease, stroke, head injuries and psychiatric conditions.
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Using algorithms to analyze electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns could rapidly diagnose brain blood vessel pathology indicating the potential for Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury and stroke.
The new method from Dr. Dan Milikovsky and Prof. Alon Friedman at the Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is based on Friedman’s discovery that patients with these brain conditions display nonconvulsive epileptic seizure-like activity that can be detected by EEG recordings.
Feb 16, 2021
Israeli researchers developed the first method of its kind to easily monitor the effect of anti-psychotic drugs used to treat schizophrenia.
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Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed a novel method for instantly and accurately monitoring blood levels of the anti-psychotic drug, clozapine, using a blood drop from a finger prick.
The method, developed by Dr. Hadar Ben-Yoav, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, BGU, is based on an electrochemical microsensor which enables, for the first time, clozapine detection in one drop of finger-pricked whole blood samples of schizophrenia patients without using any pretreatment steps.
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BEER-SHEVA, Israel, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed a new method for rapidly diagnosing brain blood vessel pathology that may lead to neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer s disease, as well as other neurological and psychiatric conditions, including epilepsy, traumatic brain injury and stroke. The novel method is based on analysis of EEG patterns using proprietary algorithms and was invented by Dr. Dan Milikovsky and Prof. Alon Friedman, MD-PhD, Departments of Physiology and Cell Biology, Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.