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To Kill Or Not To Kill – How Viruses Make Informed Decisions
Understanding their behavior could aid the search for alternatives to antibiotics, says Professor Avigdor Eldar from Tel Aviv University (nocamels.com, 03 July 2022)
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A breakthrough in dermatology for protection against solar radiation
The pigment that protects us from the sun is now created for the first time under laboratory conditions by researchers from Tel Aviv University(Maariv, 28 June 2022)
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Israeli study uncovers where COVID-19 variants come from
Patients with weakened immune systems develop several highly mutated COVID-19 variants, a new Israeli study has discovered, paving for a better understanding of where coronavirus variants come from (The Jerusalem Post, 21 June 2022)
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Israeli-made dietary supplement fights off viruses in lab tests, scientists say
Mixture of 3 food supplements, each approved by the FDA, appears to be ‘very capable of inhibiting replication of RNA viruses in a remarkable way,’ says researcher behind study (The Times of Israel, 12 April 2022)
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Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research inaugurated by TAU
The Shmunis family funded the new Shumis School of biomedicine and cancer research inaugurated by Tel Aviv University (TAU) on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. (The Jerusalem Post, 14 AUG 2020)