In a landmark achievement for cardio-metabolic disease treatment, Dr. Sivan Spitzer from Bar-Ilan University's Faculty of Medicine has secured a prestigious €22 million EU-IHI grant. The five-year project, named CAREPATH, aims to develop an innovative platform addressing one of healthcare's most persistent challenges: medication adherence among patients with obesity, diabetes, and hypertension.

Three researchers from Bar-Ilan University share their paths that led them to the world of research, and the moments that make them fall in love with it anew each day. Come meet them at the upcoming Open Day.

Imagine receiving a call from your son, or daughter, asking for urgent financial help. The voice sounds exactly like theirs, the mannerisms are perfect, but something feels off. In today's world of artificial intelligence, this scenario isn't science fiction—it's a real threat that Bar-Ilan University researcher Dr. Gil Baram is working to prevent.

Cancer cells are notorious for their insatiable hunger for sugar—so much so that they steal it from healthy cells, including the body's own immune defenders. But now, medical research has uncovered a way to turn this sugar-stealing habit against cancer itself, potentially leading to more effective treatments.

Hidden beneath the sands of time, a revolutionary farming system from the early Islamic period might hold the key to feeding our increasingly water-stressed world. A new international study, led by Bar-Ilan University and the Israel Antiquities Authority, has uncovered remarkable agricultural innovations that could transform how we grow food in arid regions.

Plants were a central component in the diet of ancient hunter-gatherers, claims a new and revolutionary archaeological study. This contradicts the prevailing belief that their diet was mainly based on animal food – a concept that inspired, among other things, the Paleo diet.