The Seventh Year

Updates and reflections about the IJHPR, on the eve of its seventh year

The Israel Journal of Health Policy Research (IJHPR) will soon be completing 6 years of publication. During this period, it has published well over 300 articles and has become a stable and vital part of Israeli health care. The number of IJHPR articles published annually has increased significantly over time, and the number of submissions has increased even more significantly. The journal is re...

The Magnificent Seventh

Important publications describing the effects of cytokines in the nervous system are demanding increasing amounts of our attention these days. Consider, for example, the chemotactic cytokines or chemokines. These small proteins have been extensively studied because of their importance in regulating leukocyte migration and inflammation. Approximately 50 different chemokines have been shown to ex...

Ending Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh During the Seventh Five Year Plan: Trends, Drivers and Policies

Immune system: The “seventh sense”

1 This is a tale of two systems. Both the central nervous system and the immune system are composed of heterogeneous cell populations. Both encompass enormous variability and heterogeneity within each cell type. Both release and respond to neurotransmitters and cytokines. Both sense environmental stimuli. Both respond to deviations in homeostasis. Both use “synapses” for cell–cell interactions....

Immune system: The “seventh sense”

1 This is a tale of two systems. Both the central nervous system and the immune system are composed of heterogeneous cell populations. Both encompass enormous variability and heterogeneity within each cell type. Both release and respond to neurotransmitters and cytokines. Both sense environmental stimuli. Both respond to deviations in homeostasis. Both use “synapses” for cell–cell interactions....