Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have encoded a toxin produced by bacteria into mRNA molecules and delivered these particles directly to cancer cells. The bacteria caused the cells to produce the toxin, which eventually killed the cancer cells themselves with a success rate of 50%. The groundbreaking study was led by PhD student Yasmin… Read More
Tel Aviv University (TAU) is ranked first in Israel by the prestigious QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Ranking 2024. The ranking includes 1,500 universities from around the world. TAU is ranked at the 215th place overall, first among the Israeli universities. The top three universities in the world ranking are MIT, Cambridge, and Oxford. The… Read More
A Tel Aviv University (TAU) researcher was among those conducting a new international study that found that amphibians and reptiles inhabiting the world’s nature reserves, or Protected Areas (PAs), will be better protected against climate change than species found outside of these areas, but are still likely to be harmed. The research findings provide evidence,… Read More
Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) and other institutions have developed an innovative gene therapy that may help children suffering from Dravet syndrome (DS). The severe developmental epilepsy results from a mutation not inherited from the parents but occurring randomly in the fetus in a gene called SCN1A. DS manifests as severe epilepsy that is… Read More
A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) disproves the prevailing scientific assumption that bats are immune to age-related hearing loss. This assumption had led researchers to believe that they preserve a good hearing ability, enabling orientation even at an advanced age. The researchers found that the bats’ sense of hearing does in fact deteriorate… Read More
A new study conducted at Tel Aviv University (TAU) and the Sheba Medical Center reveals how melanoma cancer cells affect their immediate environment to support their needs. The researchers say that the cells form new lymph vessels in the dermis in order to go deeper into the skin and spread through the body. They believe… Read More
A new treatment developed at Tel Aviv University (TAU) called Computerized Progressive Attention Training (CPAT) significantly improved the symptoms of 33 percent of students suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This is in comparison to an improvement in symptoms of only 11 percent of the students who participated in a parallel protocol of “mindfulness… Read More
A breakthrough study has demonstrated for the first time that long-lasting memories are consolidated in the human brain through communication between the hippocampus and the cerebral cortex during sleep. The researchers also found that by inducing deep-brain stimulation during sleep, they can improve memory consolidation. The unique study, published on June 1, 2023, in the… Read More