Recent Publications

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a rare manifestation of cat scratch disease (CSD). Data regarding CSD associated FUO (CSD-FUO), particularly in adults, are limited. We aimed to study disease manifestations and long-term clinical outcome.

Sheathless guiding catheters are a valuable tool in the catheterization labor and may assist the operator when dealing with heavily calcified and tortuous vessels. Nevertheless, when hostile anatomy prevents successful percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) from the radial access, transfemoral use of sheathless guide can assist in overcoming these challenges in a safe manner. (Zeev Israeli,  Irina Nordkin,  Alexander Goldberg,  Majdi Halabi)

We review the mechanisms and methods for predicting LOR and the currently used methods for overcoming the ineffectiveness of anti-TNFs.

Research with affiliate hospitals (Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya; The Nazareth Hospital, EMMS, Nazareth).

The Laboratory of Cancer Genomics and Biocomputing of Complex Diseases (Balamurali D, Gorohovski A, Detroja R, Palande V, Raviv-Shay D, Frenkel-Morgenstern M.)

This research compares the performance and diagnostic accuracy of three molecular tests for the detection of Clostridium difficile in stool samples, with the Xpert® C. difficile assay.

Azrieli Faculty of Medicine MD-PhD student with Dr. Hava Gil-Henn and Dr. Abraham O. Samson. In Oncogene (2019) doi:10.1038/s41388-019-1110-1

We aimed to explore a simple noninvasive parameter that would predict survival following PEG insertion. (Wisam Sbeit, Anas Kadah, Amir Mari, Mahmud Mahamid, and Tawfik Khoury )

Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series.

"We propose a general approach for comparing protein structures with origami models....our analysis suggests that there are similar patterns between protein structures and origami models and that this approach may provide an important insight on the role that the structure of a protein fulfils, and on preferred structural design of novel proteins with unique characteristics."

Research with affiliate hospitals (Nazareth Hospital EMMS, Galilee Medical Center).

...the discovery of novel anticancer drugs is urgently required. Nature is considered an important source of the discovery of anticancer treatments, and many of the cytotoxic medicines in clinics today are derived from plants and other natural sources.... The current study reports on the screening of extracts from 57 plants that are used in the galilee district as a food and/or for traditional medicine. Investigating the free radical scavenging capacity and these plants, and their cytotoxicity, may prove helpful to high‑throughput screening projects that use antioxidants and cytotoxic natural products. The current study assessed the correlation between free radical scavenging and cytotoxicity.

The aim of this study was to investigate the safety and in-hospital outcomes of transcutaneous lead extraction (TLE) associated with device-related infection (DRI) in the United States from 2003 to 2015.

Study course in orthopedics for RSU students was conducted by one of the most prominent traumatologists and orthopedists in treating complicated injuries to the limbs – Professor Alexander Lerner, MD, PhD, Professor at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of the Bar-Ilan University, Head of the Orthopedics Department at Ziv Medical Center. See here.

Adherence to statins may be associated with reduced mortality and cardiovascular morbidity among older adults. See here.