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Find out what’s happening at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine

Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine has launched its own newsletter to share what has been going on in the medical school. You can read some of the news from March here.

One of six Druze leaders changing Israel for the better

Inshirah Sgayar Shannan is a senior obstetrician in the fetal-maternal medicine unit and delivery room of Galilee Medical Center, treating Muslim, Bedouin, Druze, Christian, and Jewish women. In addition, she teaches at Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine in Tzfat, does medical research, and is active in a clinic that her unit offers for women with poor obstetric histories. Read More.

Was the ‘forbidden fruit’ in the Garden of Eden really an apple?

What’s the likely identity of the “forbidden fruit” described in the Bible’s Garden of Eden, which Eve is said to have eaten and then shared with Adam? If your guess is “an apple,” you’re probably wrong. The Hebrew Bible doesn’t actually specify what type of fruit Adam and Eve ate. “We don’t know what it was. There’s no indication it was an apple,” Rabbi Ari Zivotofsky, a professor of Brain Science at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University, told Live Science. Read More.

Aspirin users may have protection against COVID-19

Healthy people taking aspirin regularly to prevent cardiovascular disease had a 29 percent lower likelihood of Covid-19 infection compared to aspirin non-users, according to an observational epidemiological study from Israel published in The FEBS Journal. Researchers from Leumit Health Services, Bar-Ilan University, and Barzilai Medical Center analyzed data of 10,477 members of the Leumit HMO who had been tested for Covid-19 from February 1, 2020, to June 30, 2020. Read More.

Youth from Syria, Libya, Iraq, Gaza Join Israeli Startup Program

A group of young entrepreneurs from Arab countries is participating in weekly zoom meetings as part of a unique Israeli program for the development of startups and social initiatives. The group includes young men and women from Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, the Gaza Strip, and the Palestinian Authority (PA). The unique Starting Up Together program is a collaboration between the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, the eBay Israel Development Center, and the Center for Smart Cities at Bar Ilan University and is funded by the Edmond de Rothschild Israel Foundation. Read More

Rare Purple Dye from King David’s Time Unearthed in the Desert

Groundbreaking research conducted by Israeli archaeologists enabled them to recover scraps of fabric dyed in royal purple from the time of King David and King Solomon, some 3,000 years ago, the first time that purple-dyed Iron Age textiles have been found in Israel, or indeed throughout the Southern Levant. The research was carried out by Dr. Naama Sukenik from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and Prof. Erez Ben-Yosef, from the Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with Prof. Zohar Amar, Dr. David Iluz and Dr. Alexander Varvak from Bar-Ilan...

Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology Graduates Lead Community Cleanup

A joint project of the Nahal Zimri community – led by Moran Babayan and Netanel Hochner, graduates of Bar-Ilan University’s Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology (LISA) – with the Jerusalem Municipality and the Pisgat Ze’ev community director, along with environmental and civic organizations, and especially the active involvement of local residents, has resulted in Nahal Zimri being declared an urban-community nature site by the Jerusalem Municipality. Read More

One Pfizer dose boosts immunity in previous Covid patients

Healthcare workers previously infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus had a strong immune response to one dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid19 vaccine, according to research from Israel’s Bar-Ilan University medical school and its affiliated Ziv Medical Center in Safed (Tzfat). Read More

COVID-19 Immunization Campaign

In February, Bar-Ilan University, in cooperation with Magen David Adom, opened a COVID-19 vaccination site at the University’s Kofkin Faculty of Engineering for members of all Israeli HMOs. Read More

COVID-19 and the Vaccine

Researchers from Bar-Ilan University and Ziv Medical Center now report preliminary evidence that people previously infected with the virus responded very strongly to one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, regardless of when they were infected and whether or not they had detectable antibodies against COVID-19 prior to receiving the vaccine. Read More

A Hearing Aid that Isolates Background Noise

Bar-Ilan University is developing a novel hearing aid that will utilize input from the brain to allow users to focus on a specific sound source within a cacophony of stimuli. Modern living is full of stimuli competing for our attention. Focusing attention on a single speaker while ignoring various disruptions is not easy, particularly for people with hearing impairments. But what happens in a “cocktail party” scenario with several speakers in one room? For people with normal hearing, the brain helps direct attention to the right speaker. But what about people with hearing impairments who use technological aids? Read More

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The Latest on COVID-19

World-renowned experts in virology, immunology, and epidemiology delivered a virtual briefing on the coronavirus pandemic and Israel’s ongoing vaccination campaign to an audience that included hundreds of health ministry representatives and members of the Jewish community from around the world. The event was hosted by the Center for Jewish Impact and Bar-Ilan University. Read More

Humanitarian Medical Assistance

Following the civil war outbreak in Syria nearly 10 years ago, Israel began admitting wounded Syrians into the country for humanitarian medical treatment. Most of the wounded were brought to the Galilee Medical Center (GMC) in northern Israel. Some were admitted within 24 hours of injury. For others, it took as long as 14-28 days to reach Israel from the combat zone. The delay in the commencement of treatment provided medical professionals and researchers from GMC’s Ear, Nose, and Throat Ward and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with a rare window of opportunity to observe and evaluate how this...

Israeli and Diaspora Experts Meet to Exchange Views

Prof. Michael Edelstein who teaches Public Health and Epidemiology at Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, said that while it is true that Israel is one of the countries where vaccinating the population is the fastest, “the pace is slowing as some challenges emerge. Some populations are getting vaccinated faster than others and it is urgent to understand why”. Read More

Inaugural Medical Research Forum with the UAE

A first for BIU’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine – an international forum convening some 50 physicians and researchers from the United Arab Emirates, Israel, and the United States. The online inaugural meeting of the Bar-Ilan University/Galilee Medical Center and Gulf Medical University departments of surgery held on February 17, featured a talk by Dr. Terrah Paul Olsen of Emory University School of Medicine on surgical management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Read More

Israeli COVID Cure?

A group of Israeli researchers has launched a Phase II study of a drug that they believe could keep patients off mechanical ventilation and speed their recovery. The trial, which is being collectively run by Ziv and Rambam medical centers with researchers from Bar-Ilan University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, is examining the use of a drug based on a naturally occurring peptide called angiotensin 1-7 to help counter the impact of COVID-19 on the lungs. Read More

Bar-Ilan Professor Honored by B’nai B’rith for Rescuing Jews during WWII

Prof. Simon Raymond Schwarzfuchs, a Bar-Ilan University emeritus professor who rescued Jews and fought the Nazis as a member of the Jewish underground in France, has been recognized by B’nai B’rith International for human rights efforts during World War II. Schwarzfuchs was one of 18 heroes who received a Jewish Rescuers Citation from B’nai B’rith this year. Read More

Web Searches Could Help Detect Covid-19 Outbreaks Early

A complex algorithm, maintained in part by Bar-Ilan University epidemiologist, uses popular Google searches to predict which English towns are headed for outbreaks — 17 days ahead. According to Bar-Ilan University’s Prof. Michael Edelstein, who co-authored the research, the best chance of tackling health emergencies such as the Covid-19 pandemic is to detect them early in order to act early. “Using innovative approaches to disease detection such as analyzing internet search activity to complement established approaches is the best way to identify outbreaks early,” he said. Read More

IDF Soldier Finds Rare 1,800-year-old Coin

A rare coin bearing the head of the Roman Emperor Antonius Pius and dating from 158–159 C.E. was found during a training exercise by an Israel Defense Forces soldier on the southern end of Mount Carmel. “The coin discovered is one of the municipal coins minted in the city of Geva Philippi, also known as Geva Parashim,” said Dr. Avner Ecker, a lecturer in classical archaeology at Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology. In the Roman period, cities (poleis) were granted the right to mint their own coins. The year marked on the coin is the...

Sonovia: Technology to Eliminate Bacteria and Viruses on Fabric

Israeli startup, Sonovia, has developed a technology to impregnate the fabric used in masks and other applications to protect the wearer from COVID-19 and other viruses. Sonovia was founded in 2013 following over 10 years of research by Bar-Ilan University and a four-year, EU-funded research project looking into fighting hospital-acquired infections. Its patented technology uses ultrasonic soundwaves to physically infuse zinc oxide nanoparticles onto the fabric. Read More

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