Monthly Archives: March 2015

Opening up the inner workings of the brain

As Tel Aviv prepares to host the 2015 BrainTech conference, Professor Henry Markram (formerly of Israel’s Weizmann Institute) outlined the goals and activities of the Human Brain Project, of which he is co-director. http://www.timesofisrael.com/alzheimers-to-meet-its-match-in-brain-map-project-researcher-claims/

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Fooling the malaria parasite

Back in Dec 2012 I reported how Dr Ron Dzikowski at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem had discovered the genetic reason why malaria was so difficult to treat. Now Professor Dzikowski and other HUJ scientists have used the discovery to … Continue reading

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