Elena Khazanov has received a Kaye Prize for developing a novel method for combining two anti-cancer drugs into a single delivery system, thereby dramatically improving treatment efficacy.A new method for lowering blood pressure with a compound that synthesizes a cannabis …
Author Archives: Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
The Israeli image makers
Hebrew University whizzes have developed a mathematical algorithm that requires marking images with only a few crude squiggles to create a highly realistic color picture.Israeli brainpower provides much added value to computer software, according to Science magazine, which recently ranked …
Patenting Israeli ingenuity
The Israel Trademark and Patent Office has some 200 employees and is responsible for examining applications and registering patents, designs and trademarks within the country.Few Israelis are Einsteins, but the great Jewish physicist, who was hired as a Swiss patent …
Simple test provides early diagnosis for dementia
Mindstreams is a battery of computer tests that are user friendly enough for a 90-year-old who has never used a mouse – and are highly reliable and specific to mild cognitive impairment.Pregnancy is easy to diagnose: She either is or …
Astronomers find new evidence for massive black hole in Milky Way
Black holes result from supernovas, which happen when stars explode after using up all their nuclear fuel. Weizmann Institute astrophysicists have managed to track a star, called S2, racing around a dark mass at the center of the Milky Way, …
Israeli researchers find way to make cancer cells self-destruct
The anti-cancer virus engineered by Hebrew University researchers comes from the same family as the HIV virus.A new technique for tricking cancer cells into “committing suicide” and thus preventing their spread has been developed by researchers at the Alexander Silberman …
Dead Sea air holds benefits for CF patients
The minerals found in the Dead Sea’s mud, sulfur pools, and thermal springs aid the breathing of cystic fibrosis patients.Being at the Dead Sea for a week or two can benefit children and young adults suffering from cystic fibrosis and …
New use for myrrh?
Myrrh is an aromatic resin that comes from the bark of a shrub found in the Middle East and East Africa.Myrrh, one of the most important perfumes in ancient times, that is mentioned 11 times in the Bible (including six …
Weizmann “scientists” develop successful diabetes vaccine
DiaPep277 blocks the immune system’s destruction of pancreatic beta cells in humans.Scientists at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel, have developed the first successful vaccine for Type I diabetes. The vaccine blocks the immune system’s destruction of pancreatic beta cells …
Hyperbaric chamber helps man regain vision
A blood clot blocked the central artery in the retina of a 54-year-old man.A man who was blind in one eye regained his sight after unusual treatment recently in the hyperbaric chamber operated by Rambam Hospital’s ophthalmology department.The man, 54, …