Tel Aviv University – TechConnect Briefs

Electrodeposition of Rhenium-Tin Nanowires

Naor-Pomerantz A., Eliaz N., Gileadi E., Tel Aviv University, IL

Rhenium (Re) is a refractory metal which exhibits an extraordinary combination of properties. Thus, nanowires and other nanostructures of Re-alloys may possess unique properties resulting from both Re chemistry and the nanometer scale, and become [...]

Filamentous Bacterial Viruses Break Down Amyloid Plaques in an Animal Model of Alzheimer’s Disease – A Novel Therapeutic Avenue

Solomon B., Tel Aviv University, IL

We present here results suggesting that intranasal administration of wild type M13 bacteriophage may serve as a safe alternative to immunotherapy to disaggregate existing amyloid plaques and prevent formation of new ones, countering the neurodegeneration [...]

Targeted Drug-carrying Filamentous Phage Nanomedicines

Yacoby I., Bar H., Vax L., Benhar I., Tel Aviv University, IL

We present a novel application of filamentous bacteriophages as targeted drug carrying nanomedicines. The phages are engineered to display target-specificity-conferring peptides or proteins on their coat, and carry a large payload of a cytotoxic drug [...]

Electrochemical ‘Lab-on-a-Chip’ for Toxicity Detection in Water

Popovtzer R., Neufeld T., Ron E.Z., Rishpon J., Shacham-Diamand Y., Tel Aviv University, IL

An electrochemical Nano-Bio-Chip for water toxicity detection is presented. Integrating living cells with electronic devices contributes functional information regarding the effect of toxicants on living organisms. Bacteria, which have been genetically engineered to respond to [...]

Electrochemical ‘Lab-on-a-Chip’ for Toxicity Detection in Water

Popovtzer R., Neufeld T., Ron E.Z., Rishpon J., Shacham-Diamand Y., Tel Aviv University, IL

An electrochemical Nano-Bio-Chip for water toxicity detection is presented. Integrating living cells with electronic devices contributes functional information regarding the effect of toxicants on living organisms. Bacteria, which have been genetically engineered to respond to [...]

Wettability Engineering and Bioactivation of Hydroxyapatite Nanoceramics

Rosenman G., Aronov D., Tel Aviv University, IL

The major trends in biotechnology and tissue engineering are development of materials with controlled surface substrates. One of the critical factors influencing adhesion of biocells is wettability properties of the biomimetic substrates. Hydrophilicity (hydrophobicity) of [...]