Popular Diet Plans Can Unclog Arteries
Business Week-- BGU researcher Dr. Iris Shai discovers that low-fat, low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean diets can reverse the thickening of artery walls that can lead to heart attack and stroke. more>>

The Success of Islet Regeneration Rests on an Anti-Inflammatory Drug
Health Central -- BGU's Dr. Eli Lewis grafted healthy insulin producing islet cells into diabetic mice and then added an anti-inflammatory drug called alpha-1-antitrypsin, or AAT. Within three months, the AAT created successful survival for the grafted islet cells and the mice started making insulin like any normal healthy pancreas. more>>