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FIU researchers propose cheap, simple test to diagnose and monitor Alzheimer’s (FIU - Florida International University)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Apr 2016
(Source. FIU - Florida International University). Small, sensitive biosensors could help doctors deliver personalized care, even in developing countries. A portable biosensor that could show how disease is progressing in patients with Alzheimer's could greatly improve people's quality of life in the future, according to a new review published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics ... Ajeet Kaushik, Ph.D ... Written by Robyn Nissim and Ileana Varela....

Gay Dad, King Adora and The Others: What is your #indieamnesty?

Edit Digital Spy 06 Apr 2016
Here are some of the most striking. Begged my mum to sew 'The White Stripes' onto a denim jacket ... #indieamnesty — Rebel Without A Clue (@alexcornetto) April 6, 2016 Every single thing I ever posted on Network54 #indieamnesty — Mayer Nissim (@mayernissim) April 6, 2016 Got dumped for one of Test-Icicles #indieamnesty — olilyttelton (@olilyttelton) April 6, 2016 met Preston from The Ordinary Boys at a party once....

Nominees announced for awards UK’s top franchisee (West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Apr 2016
(Source. West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce). Posted 06 April 2016.0 Comments. Chester based Michelle Collins among names shortlisted for Workingmums.co.uk's 2016 Top Franchise Awards ... Organised by Workingmums.co.uk and sponsored by Lawbite, the inaugural 2016 Top Franchisee Awards intends to recognise franchisees for their achievements in the last 18 months ... Workingmums.co.uk founder, Gillian Nissim, commented ... (noodl....

A writer retraces journey of Bene Israeli community

Edit The Times of India 04 Apr 2016
Ahmedabad. 'Esther David's writing is a formidable work of literary art,' Nissim Ezekiel, the late Indian Jewish poet, had said once. David was speaking at the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad on Sunday , on invitation of the Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, to narrate her literary journey since 1979 ... ....

Google ordered to remove Brazilian bar mitzvah boy’s viral video

Edit The Jerusalem Post 21 Mar 2016
The court in Sao Paulo backed a lawsuit by the parents of Nissim Ourfali, who were seeking to have all the copies of the three-minute video removed from Google-owned YouTube ... ....

Haploid Stem Cells Created

Edit The Scientist 18 Mar 2016
A team of researchers from Israel and the U.S. has developed the first lines of human, haploid embryonic stems cells, according to a study published yesterday (March 17) in Nature ... “Most researchers believed human haploid cells could not divide and differentiate into different cell types,” study coauthor Nissim Benvenisty of the Hebrew University told New Scientist ... Jose Silva of the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute in the U.K....

New Stem Cells With Just Half A Genome Could Reveal Secrets Of Human Reproduction

Edit IFL Science 18 Mar 2016
At their most primitive, stem cells have the ability to become almost any cell in the body, and recent research suggests that they have the ability to revolutionize medical treatments ... “This finding means that obtaining mature cells does not require a diploid genome… a haploid genome is sufficient,” Nissim Benvenisty, a professor of genetics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and co-author of the study, told IFLScience....

Mouse study suggests drugs targeting cancer pathway could promote liver cancer (University of Illinois at Chicago)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Mar 2016
(Source. University of Illinois at Chicago) ... Nissim Hay, professor, biochemistry and molecular genetics;. Photo ... 'We wanted to know what are the whole-body physiological consequences of targeting one Akt isoform and then two Akt isoforms together, because drugs currently in trials target all three of the Akt proteins,' said lead author Nissim Hay, professor of biochemistry and molecular genetics in the UIC College of Medicine ... (noodl....

Scientists develop new human stem cells with half a genome

Edit Yahoo Daily News 17 Mar 2016
By Bill Berkrot. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Scientists for the first time have generated a type of embryonic stem cell that carries a single copy of the human genome rather than the usual two, a development that could advance research in gene editing, genetic screening and regenerative medicine ... They cannot divide to make more eggs and sperm ... Nissim Benvenisty of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem....

Scientists Generate a New Type of Human Stem Cell That Has Half a Genome (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Mar 2016
'This study has given us a new type of human stem cell that will have an important impact on human genetic and medical research,' said Nissim Benvenisty, MD, PhD, Director of the Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and principal co-author of the study ... The lead authors are Nissim Benvenisty and ......

Insurance is next target for founders who sold payments startup to Intuit

Edit Business Journal 15 Mar 2016
The founders of Check, who sold their mobile payments startup to Intuit in 2014 for more than $350 million, are back, tackling the business insurance industry this time. Guy Goldstein, Nissim Tapiro, and Alon Huri on Tuesday announced they raised a large $13 million seed funding for their Palo Alto startup, Next Insurance, in a round led by Zeev Ventures, TLV Partners and Ribbit Capital ... ....

Theatre movement gets a push with spurt in venues

Edit The Times of India 22 Feb 2016
A few years ago, the dearth of theatre venues in the city was always a cause of complaint for theatre enthusiasts as well as stage actors ... The situation worsened in 2013, when the historic Keshavrao Bhosale Natyagruha had to be shut down for renovation ... Nissim Sadolikar, an artist from the city-based theatre troupe, Pratyay Natya Sanstha, said that the plays are not restricted for any specific competition these days ... RELATED....

A man of many parts

Edit DNA India 20 Feb 2016
-->. The journey of a visionary on the path of national consciousness. I remember taking a handcart full of Souza’s paintings and going up and down Oxford Street and Bond Street trying to sell them.’ ... Abbas, the socially conscious film director, to name a few ... Thus the sets of his production of T.S ... When a split occurred in 1954 he along with his wife Roshen and the poet Nissim Ezekiel founded a new group called Theatre Unit ... ....
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