Research Projects

1. Wound healing and repair of cutaneous tissues. (Ben-Bassat H and Eldad A).

1A. Bio-engineered skin reconstituted with cultured epidermis and cryopreserved dermis.

1B. Structural and biochemical changes in basement membrane components of skin: Effects of temperature changes. 

1C. Tissue repair of thermal and chemical skin injuries

2. Tissue repair of bone injuries. (Ben-Bassat H and Klien BY)

2A.  Biocompatible bone implants.

2B.  Biological and biochemical aspects of growth and mineralization induction in bone progenitor cells.

3. Signal-transduction therapy by protein kinase inhibitors for the treatment of Psoriasis, Papilloma, Lymphomas, Prostate carcinoma. (Ben-Bassat H and Levitzki A)

4. Mechanism of death in osteoblasts.  (Klein BY)

5. Significance of the phosphorylation of the Target for Dual-Specificity kinase in Bcl-2.

(Klein BY)

6. Search for protein phosphorylation as second modification events on top of post–translationally hydroxylated amino acids.  (Klein BY)

7. Bone Repair Modalities.  (Liberal M; Detailed in the Department of Orthopedics).

8. Computerized model of tibia strains on in viv0 strain measurements.  (Milgrom C; Detailed in the Department of Orthopedics).

9. Validation study of strain gauged bone staples.  (Milgrom C; Detailed in the Department of Orthopedics).

10.The effects of hemodynamic changes on the vascular tree-an experimental rat model.  (Glukman A and Zamir G; Detailed in the Department of Surgery B). 

11. Pulmonary Vascular Reactivity: in an in- vivo model of spontaneously breathing cat. (Matot I; Detailed in the Department of Anesthesiology).

12. Non-surgical treatment of uterine leiomyomas.  (Shushan A, Rojansky N, Klein BY, Laufer N, Ben-Bassat H; Detailed in the Department   of Obstetrics and Gynecology).

13. An in-vitro model of skeletal muscle cells for studies on the hereditary inclusion body myopathy (HIBM) studies.  (Mitrani-Rosebaum S and Ben-Bassat H; Detailed in the Department of Gene Therapy).