For 100 years, scientists searched for a way to deliver insulin orally instead of by injection. Now an Israeli team claims it’s found the solution. Phase 2 clinical trials are coming.
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Top 10 Israeli strides against Parkinson’s
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Find out about the most promising research in Israel to find preventions, treatments and cures.
Blood test for Alzheimer’s
An Israeli company’s experimental blood test can detect dementia while the disease is still mild enough to treat more effectively.
Good news for knees
In a groundbreaking advance, a novel Israeli implant provides a scaffold for the body to regenerate true joint-protecting cartilage.
Can-Fite begins trials of new impotence treatment
Company accidentally discovers the treatment after patients testing new anti-inflammatory drug report unexpected side effects.
In Israel, biotech is a woman’s world
Israeli women are dominant in all three areas of biomedical engineering — inventions, industry and investment.
New Israeli tactic makes deadly viruses commit suicide
Vecoy Nanomedicines has a whole new approach: a virus ‘decoy’ to outwit the world’s worst enemy before it does any damage.
Top 10 Israeli advances against Alzheimer’s disease
Israel’s researchers are making inroads against the devastating and fatal condition through brain science, drugs and memory enhancement.
Drugs that act like ‘guided missiles’ in cancer treatment
A new drug delivery system puts thousands of toxic pharmaceutical molecules inside a targeted missile which goes off only when it reaches cancerous tissue.
Israeli company grows new bones from fat
Bonus Biogroup’s major breakthrough generates new healthy bone from stem cells.
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