August 2024: Rechavi: A parasite could act as a medicine courier

A new study, led by Prof. Oded Rechavi, Edmond J. Safra affiliate (Life Sciences) and colleagues from University of Glasgow, suggests that a brain parasite found in cat feces could be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and other severe neurological disorders.

In the research, published in Nature Microbiology, Rechavi and his colleagues have successfully manipulated toxoplasma gondii, a powerful parasite found in cat feces and kitty litter, to deliver proteins to the brains of mice. Researchers believe the parasite could deliver targeted treatment across the blood-brain-barrier and into the correct location within neurons.

Read more in the online newspapers Mirror and Haaretz.