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When Evolition Turns Against Us – Humans vs. Virus

How has evolution shaped viral infection? How does humanity cope with viral diseases? Why do vaccines work well against one disease but not another? Why are drugs that work against bacteria ineffective against viruses? And how optimistic can we allow ourselves to be about the future? These questions were addressed recently by Dr. Yotam Bar-On of the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at a Technion event.

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A Model of Generosity

The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine inaugurated a new complex for its Teaching and Medical Education Division, established through the generous contribution of Professor Emeritus John Finberg — one of the faculty’s veterans and a co-developer of the first-ever drug shown to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease.

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