A New Scanner for Your Skin
The Jewish Star -- A new device to analyze and diagnose skin lesions before they are visibile to the naked eye is under development at BGU.
Weight Loss May Reduce Artery Clogging
CNN -- In a BGU study, middle-aged people with heart disease or diabetes who lost more than 12 pounds over a two-year period successfully reduced the size of the deposits (or plaques) clogging their arteries.
Popular Diet Plans Can Unclog Arteries
Business Week-- BGU researcher Dr. Iris Shai discovers that low-fat, low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean diets can reverse the thickening of artery walls that can lead to heart attack and stroke.
Family Therapy is More Effective than Standard Treatment for ...
BGU researchers discover that adolescents with suicidal thoughts and depression have faster reduction of symptoms when treated with family therapy than with private or conventional therapy.
Weight Loss Diets Significantly Reverse Clogging of the Arteries
A two-year study led by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) found that healthy, long-term weight loss diets can significantly reverse carotid (main brain artery) atherosclerosis, a direct risk factor for strokes and heart attacks.
Radically Rethinking Agriculture for the 21st Century
Science Magazine -- Aquaculture and a scale-up of dryland and saline agriculture are part of the solutions for the future and BGU's Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research is leading the way.
The Success of Islet Regeneration Rests on an Anti-Inflammatory ...
BGU's Dr. Eli Lewis grafted healthy insulin producing islet cells into diabetic mice and then added an anti-inflammatory drug called alpha-1-antitrypsin, or AAT. Within three months, the AAT created successful survival for the grafted islet cells and the mice started making insulin like any normal healthy pancreas.
BGU Receives Generous Donation to Launch Radiobiology Laboratory
The new Jerry Cohen Radiobiology Laboratory at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will perform cutting edge research on cancer treatments and other health benefits associated with low dose exposure to ionizing radiation.
Sowing the Seeds
The Jerusalem Post -- BGU's Africa Center is nurturing relations between Israel and the African continent, encouraging student volunteer delegations and bilateral academic study.
BGU Physicians Return from Haiti: UPDATED REPORT 2/14
Physicians affiliated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev who were among the IDF medical and rescue delegation in Haiti were honored for their relief efforts on BGU's Marcus Family Campus.