Elana Oberlander

Protecting the body from age-related decline and disease

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have discovered how the longevity-associated protein Sirt6 orchestrates a delicate molecular balancing act that protects...

Online course on Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Israel's Bar-Ilan University has launched a groundbreaking new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), The Jewish Philosophy of Rabbi Jonathan...

Ohad graduates as a doctor in Gaza

While his classmates celebrated the completion of their medical degrees, Ohad was serving inside Gaza. He couldn’t make it to...

Six Israeli students with intellectual disabilities attain a BA

 Six students enrolled in the Empowerment Project at Bar-Ilan University's Faculty of Education became the first-ever adult cohort with...

Bar-Ilan University receives US$260 million bequest

Bar-Ilan University has received a US$260 million donation for investment in science. This is the largest bequest ever to Bar-Ilan...

Exposure to high and low temperatures during pregnancy may result in reduced fetal growth

ith extreme temperatures resulting from climate change, identifying windows of vulnerability can assist clinicians in refining their recommendations to pregnant women
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Low levels of vitamin D found in some COVID patients

A new study conducted by the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University and its affiliate Galilee Medical Centre is among the first to show that pre-infection deficiency of vitamin D is associated with increased COVID-19 severity and mortality.

Technology that transforms tap water into a powerful disinfectant against viruses, including coronavirus

Environmentally-friendly antiseptic may be safely used on a daily basis to disinfect surfaces in hospitals, supermarkets and kindergartens.

El Nino heading to Australia later this year

The significant weather phenomenon "El Niño" could soon occur again in the Pacific region, according to researchers from Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Bar-Ilan University.  While commonly used models do not currently show any signs of an upcoming storm, the researchers predict "El Niño" by the end of 2020.

The brain can combine natural and artificial vision to help treat a common form of blindness

Israel's Bar-Ilan University and the U.S.-based Stanford University researchers have published their recent results in combatting Macular Degeneration.

Longest coral reef survey to date reveals major changes in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Published in the journal Nature Communications by researchers at Bar-Ilan University and Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Israel, and the University of Queensland in Australia, the study concludes that since 1928 intertidal communities have experienced major phase-shifts as a result of local and global environmental change, leaving few signs that reefs will return to their initial state in the near future.

Israeli professor Rudolf to address British Parliament on intervention in child obesity

Leeds, England's third largest city, has bucked the global trend of childhood obesity and seen a significant fall in obesity, according to a recent study published in the journal Pediatric Obesity by Prof. Mary Rudolf, Head of the Department of Population Health at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University.