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You're Never Too Old For A Scientific Breakthrough!

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

In today's world what does retirement really mean? Well for retired IMRIC Professor Nathan Citri it doesn't mean to quit your day job. On the contrary, Professor Citri has just developed ArtLit, a method and device...

Vlog: Masters Student Saleh Khawled

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Saleh Khawled

Meet IMRIC Masters Student Saleh Khawled. Saleh is currently working in Dr. Rami Aqeilan's lab at the Lautenberg Center...

Parenting: There is no science is there?

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
Raising a well-rounded child

If you don't know this already, raising a child is hard work. Forget the physical pain of holding your kid, wearing those carriers, strollers up and down stairs, or running after them when they learn how to walk; beyond all that there is the fact that you have to actually raise this little human being to develop...

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Prof. David Lichtstein, Chairman at The Hebrew University’s Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada is working to eradicate the diseases that affect us all
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