Donald H. Harrison

New peptide may help restore cognitive function

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— A structure called “the microtubule network” is a crucial part of our nervous system. It acts as a transportation system within nerve cells, carrying essential proteins and enabling cell-to-cell communications. But in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, ALS, and Parkinson’s, this network breaks down, hindering motor abilities and cognitive function. Now Prof. […]

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Jordanians, Israelis learn to save lives together

By Anav Silverman BEERSHEVA, Israel — Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) graduated its first class of Jordanian and Israeli students who completed a special joint-emergency medicine BA program earlier this year. The first graduating class at the Israel-Jordan Academic Emergency Medicine Collaboration included 54 graduates who spent three years studying emergency medicine and

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: June 13, 2013

Wounded Syrian treated in Israel comes with doctor’s note (JNS.org) A severely wounded Syrian rebel carrying a note from the Syrian doctor who treated him was transferred to Israel’s Ziv Hospital in Safed for treatment on Tuesday, Israel Hayom reported. Ziv Hospital has treated 20 Syrians since the onset of the Syrian civil war. The

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International

JNS news briefs: June 12, 2013

Mossad reportedly gives Ankara intelligence (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Tamir Pardo, met secretly with the Turkish intelligence agency’s undersecretary, Hakan Fidan, on June 10 in Ankara, with Syria, Iran and the Gezi Park protests on the agenda, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported Wednesday. Pardo claimed to have information

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International

Avital’s mandolin featured in unique concert

By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — Last month, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) concluded its Chamber Music Series at the Scripps Research Institute Auditorium with a program featuring an unusual instrument for classical chamber music concerts, the mandolin. That plucked folk instrument, in the hands of the Israeli-born mandolin virtuoso, Avi Avital, combined with string

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Eileen Wingard

JNS news briefs: June 11, 2013

Netanyahu: Construction has ‘no bearing’ on peace deal (JNS.org) Speaking behind closed doors at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that if peace negotiations with the Palestinians were entered into, they were expected to “be long and tough, but that the alternative Israel faces is a

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