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...Every seven years, we get a year off for Sabbatical—Technion pays us during that time,” he said...
Besides AIDS and Alzheimer's disease, each the target of major vaccine research, vaccine designers are also eyeing autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis, in which the body in effect attacks itself. At Israel's Technion, Dr. Nathan Karin and his colleagues have created genes that order up the culprit peptides--bits of protein that provoke the autoimmune response--then get the immune system to neutralize them. Says Karin: "Essentially, the process involves fooling the immune system into fighting itself...
South Africa and Israel denied all the charges. Officials in Jerusalem claimed that Washington leaked the story as punishment for Israel's foot dragging in the stalled peace process. There could be another explanation. The U.S. is currently debating whether to let Jerusalem purchase U.S.-built supercomputers for Technion, an Israeli scientific institute. The application is opposed by the Defense Department and the CIA on the grounds that Technion scientists participate in Israel's sub-rosa nuclear and missile programs...