The US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced the election of Professor Judith Berman of Tel Aviv University (TAU) as a member. The Academy currently comprises 2,750 American scientists and an additional 557 international members representing all scientific disciplines. Professor Berman is the 47th Israeli researcher to be elected to the NAS, and the… Read More
Many people invest considerable time and effort in physical exercise with the goal of losing weight, but the results often fall short of expectations. A new and groundbreaking international study led by researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) provides a comprehensive scientific explanation for a question that troubles many: Why doesn’t physical activity alone lead… Read More
A new study led by Tel Aviv University (TAU) offers new hope to millions of people affected by spinal cord injury (SCI), a devastating condition in which damage continues to spread after the initial trauma, often resulting in long-term and irreversible disability. The study, published on February 27, 2026, in the journal Inflammation and Regeneration,… Read More
A new study conducted at the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and the Sylvan Adams Sports Science Institute at Tel Aviv University (TAU) reveals a clear conclusion: strength (also known as resistance) training is the most effective tool for achieving “high-quality” weight loss, reducing body fat while preserving, and even increasing, muscle mass…. Read More
A new study by Tel Aviv University (TAU), the Technion, and Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov) provides the first evidence in humans that brain activity associated with the expectation of reward has a measurable effect on the body’s response to a specific vaccine. The study was conducted through a collaboration between two research groups: the… Read More
A new study led by researchers from the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at Tel Aviv University (TAU) for the first time offers a coherent biological explanation for how breast cancer cells manage to “settle” in the brain, one of the most fatal challenges in oncology. The brain consists of completely different cells… Read More
Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) led a large-scale international study that has identified a molecular mechanism playing a key role in ALS, a fatal degenerative disease, and were able to neutralize it through gene therapy. When they added a specific RNA molecule to human cells and animal models for ALS, the nerve cells stopped… Read More
Scientists from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have introduced an innovative gene therapy method to treat impairments in hearing and balance caused by inner ear dysfunction. According to the researchers, the treatment constitutes an improvement over existing strategies, demonstrating enhanced efficiency and holding promise for treating a wide range of mutations that cause hearing loss. The study… Read More