Medical research at BGU covers the spectrum of human health, with emphasis on neurosciences, diabetes, cardio metabolic health, and cancer.
BGU is an important player in the international bio-medical research arena. Pioneering research is conducted by highly respected senior faculty, a cadre of young scientists returning to Israel from prestigious institutions, and exceptional graduate and postgraduate research fellows. Collaborations between the health, natural and engineering sciences foster an environment of research innovation. BGU’s commitment to community is reflected in research focusing on the health problems of the Negev, especially in the fields of genetics, nutrition and psychiatry.
“We dream of understanding adult stem cells to a level that enables us to make them stronger and more capable of transplant, and we also aim to generate them from a patient’s own cells.”
– Dr. Roi Gazit
Medical Research News
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Jerusalem Post – A nano-sized polymer, developed and tested on mice by a research team from Ben-Gurion University of the
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BGU Led NeuroHelp Helping Seizure Suffers Predict Episodes
NoCamels — Be’er Sheva-headquartered NeuroHelp was founded three years ago, when its CTO Dr. Oren Shriki, a professor in the Department
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Volunteer BGU Engineer Is 3D Printing For IDF Soldiers
NoCamels — A Ben-Gurion University of the Negev engineering student, Ariel Harush, has a solution to the shortage of certain
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