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    10-4: How to Reopen the Economy by Exploiting the Coronavirus’s Weak Spot
    The New York Times

    Profs. Uri Alon and Ron Milo write in The New York Times about their intermittent-work strategy to reopen society.

    May 11, 2020

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    Israeli Researchers Pinpoint What Happens to Seriously Ill Coronavirus Patients
    Haaretz

    As Haaretz reports, Prof. Ido Amit has found that the immune system plays a role in why some people get much sicker from COVID. He is now developing clinical studies to try and protect patients.

    May 11, 2020

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    How Often Do COVID-19 Patients Lose Their Sense of Smell? Two Studies Are Tracking Down the Data
    Discover

    Discover covers two studies – including Prof. Noam Sobel’s research – that are investigating how often people with COVID lose their sense of smell. The studies are seeking participants to take online tests.

    May 11, 2020

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    The Israeli Lab Keeping Cultural Heritage Alive
    The Jewish News

    Elisabetta Boaretto advances scientific archaeology at the Institute’s D-REAMS radiocarbon lab, which uses the tools of physics to date artifacts as small as seeds. The Jewish News visits.

    May 10, 2020

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    Maintaining Public Health Should not Mean the Death of Privacy, Says Turing Award Winner
    CTECH

    In this interview with CTECH, Prof. Shafi Goldwasser, who developed a tracking technology, talks about how important it is to monitor COVID’s spread—without violating individual privacy.

    May 09, 2020

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    COVID Moonshot: Can AI Algorithms and Volunteer Chemists Design a Knockout Antiviral?
    IEEE Spectrum

    Dr. Nir London helps head the “COVID Moonshot,” which involves academics, researchers, private firms, and the public, all working together on a coronavirus treatment. IEEE Spectrum reports.

    May 08, 2020

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    Could the Flu Become History? An Israeli Vaccine May Make It a Reality
    Haaretz Magazine

    Haaretz Magazine interviews Prof. Ruth Arnon, whose universal flu vaccine is on the cusp of approval. The vaccine will protect against multiple strains of flu for years with one shot, and is almost through clinical trials.

    May 06, 2020

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    “We Believe Our Effort Will Result in a Broad-Spectrum Antiviral That Would Address Future Outbreaks”
    Express Healthcare

    Dr. Nir London “has brought together a wide range of players … to accelerate the development of a drug against COVID-19,” says Express Healthcare in this interview.

    May 05, 2020

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    A “Sniff Test” Signals Consciousness After a Brain Injury, Study Shows
    STAT

    Determining whether people in a vegetative state are conscious has long been a serious challenge. Now, as STAT reports, Prof. Noam Sobel’s team has developed a simple “sniff test” that can even predict likelihood of awakening.

    April 29, 2020

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