A new technology enables the use of nano-particles to assist the body's own immune system to fight cancer. The technology, developed by a research team at Bar-Ilan University, uses nano-particles to eliminate obstacles in the malignant tumor’s environment that impede the normal activity of natural killer cells (a special sub-type of white blood cells called lymphocytes).
On August 18, 1227, Genghis Khan, one of the most influential people in human history, died
Dr. Gideon Elazar, of the East Asian study track in Bar-Ilan University’s Multidisciplinary Humanities Program, talks about the man whose mark is still visible from east to west.
To mark International Dog Day on August 26, Dr. Anat Ben-Yonatan, graduate of BIU’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, writes about the special status of the dog in Israel
On August 26, the world celebrates International Dog Day. Dr. Anat Ben-Yonatan writes about the special status of the dog in Israel.
Anat is a Human-Animal relations researcher; co-founder and co-chair of the community for human-animal studies in Israel (HASI); and a Research Fellow at The Coller-Menmon Program for Animal Rights and Welfare in Tel Aviv University, who wrote her PhD dissertation at Bar-Ilan University’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology.
Bar-Ilan University has been awarded a €3.6 million Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s (EMJM) grant for a groundbreaking Brain and Data Science graduate program. This is the first time an Israeli university has won this prestigious grant.
On August 15, 1945, the voice of Japanese Emperor Hirohito was broadcast for the first time on national radio across the devastated country
See below for detailed walking instructions upon exiting the bus
The 25,000 fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco had no idea they were witnessing history. They thought that the Beatles' concert on August 29, 1966, was merely another, albeit electrifying, show by the rock group. What they didn't know is that the concert would be the group's last official live performance.
