{"id":36963,"date":"2021-05-28T01:46:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T08:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=36963"},"modified":"2021-05-27T14:49:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T21:49:42","slug":"making-aging-healthier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2021\/05\/28\/making-aging-healthier\/","title":{"rendered":"Making aging healthier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shira Haas is the featured guest at the July 7 event organized by Canadian Associates of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (photo from CABGU)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Israeli actress Shira Haas, star of the popular Netflix series Shtisel <\/em>and Unorthodox<\/em>, has been busy in recent months. Not only is she preparing to take on the role of a young Golda Meir in the upcoming series Lioness<\/em>, executive produced by Barbra Streisand, but she is also the featured guest at the Canadian national virtual gala in support of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) on July 7.<\/p>\n

An \u201cUnorthodox\u201d National Virtual Gala for Brain Research, organized by Canadian Associates of Ben-Gurion University (CABGU), BGU\u2019s Canadian fundraising arm, will raise money for the Canada Fund to Advance Brain Research.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to share this exciting announcement with our community,\u201d said Mitchell Oelbaum, national president of CABGU.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to the World Health Organization, there are approximately 50 million active cases of dementia worldwide, with an estimated 10 million new cases being added each year. Ten million people battle Parkinson\u2019s each year globally. And, according to the World Stroke<\/p>\n

Organization, 13 million people suffer from stroke annually. We wanted to do our part to help improve the chances of finding a cure for these debilitating diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n

The numbers are large, and there are no signs of a slowdown. That is why the fund was established by CABGU, with the goal of supporting groundbreaking and cutting-edge research for neurodegenerative diseases at the university\u2019s Zlotowski Centre for Neuroscience.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are getting closer to determining the causes of age-related neurodegenerative diseases,\u201d explained Dr. Debra Toiber of the department of life sciences in the faculty of natural sciences at BGU. \u201cIt\u2019s an exciting time to be a scientist and uncovering the mechanisms of aging.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toiber is one of 67 researchers at the Zlotowski Centre. Her lab recently discovered that the SIRT6 protein is critical for the prevention of neurodegeneration, which can lead to Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s diseases. Colleague Dr. Shelly Levy-Tzedek\u2019s lab studies the impact of age and disease on the control of body movement and how best to employ robotics to facilitate a fast and efficient rehabilitation process. Meanwhile, Dr. Claude Brodski, also with the Zlotowski Centre for Neuroscience, is currently conducting a study, albeit in its early stages, that may offer a disease-modified drug target to address the impact of Parkinson\u2019s. While these findings are encouraging, more research needs to be conducted.<\/p>\n

\u201cCABGU launched the Canada Fund to Advance Brain Research at BGU in April,\u201d said CABGU chief executive officer Mark Mendelson. \u201cOur team has been hard at work ever since, and there is a strong appetite for this subject matter here in Canada. The sad reality is that we all know someone, whether it is a relative, a friend or a neighbour, who is struggling with one of these devastating brain diseases.\u201d<\/p>\n

The national virtual gala is already more than 50% sold out. To learn how to become a sponsor or to purchase tickets, head to bengurion.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Shira Haas is the featured guest at the July 7 event organized by Canadian Associates of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (photo from CABGU) Israeli actress Shira Haas, star of the popular Netflix series Shtisel and Unorthodox, has been busy in recent months. Not only is she preparing to take on the role of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2219,1908,1910,20602,8162,20247,20605,3128,6977,4330,20606,6175,20603,2763,2225,20601,20604],"class_list":["post-36963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-aging","tag-ben-gurion-university","tag-bgu","tag-brain-research","tag-cabgu","tag-canadian-associates-of-ben-gurion-university","tag-debra-toiber","tag-fundraising","tag-healthcare","tag-israel","tag-mark-mendelson","tag-medicine","tag-neurodegenerative-disease","tag-philanthropy","tag-science","tag-shira-haas","tag-zlotowski-centre"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}