RealView’s implantable imaging system is a win-win, providing relief to patients and more accurate information to their physicians. RealView co-founder Dr. Amos Neheman. The indignity and discomfort faced by bladder cancer patients may top the long and unpleasant list of …
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A ‘watch’ that stops unnecessary heart attack deaths
GE is banking on Oxitone wrist monitor to provide a heads-up for someone to get medical assistance before it’s too late.
Scientists identify cause of rising HIV rates
Medicated AIDS patients are increasingly passing on the virus to male partners, Israeli researchers discover after combing through data. Rising HIV infection rates have been blamed on risky sexual behavior of medicated AIDS patients. An alarming rise in HIV infection …
Scientists close in on cure for diabetes
Glucose-sensing enzyme holds the key to insulin production, according to breakthrough Israeli research pointing the way toward a cure for diabetes. Leader of the multi-year study, Prof. Yuval Dor of Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Hope is on the horizon for …
Breakthrough device helps Alzheimer’s patients regain cognitive skills
Israeli development stimulates areas of brain responsible for memory and learning, leading to improvement in cognition and decision-making in Alzheimer’s patients. NeuroAD stimulates the brain with electromagnetic stimulation. A new electromagnetic stimulation system has been developed in Israel that appears …
Israeli researchers zero in on nearsightedness gene
Myopia was long understood to be genetic, but until now nobody could pinpoint the genetic mutation responsible for the world’s most common eye disorder. Photo by Nati Shohat, Flash90 A woman undergoes an eye test in Jerusalem. Myopia is the …
Cancer-fighting cells get home field advantage
By blocking malignant cells’ ability to neutralize natural defense antibodies, a new Israeli pharmaceutical is poised to score a touchdown against cancer. CEO Dr. Michael Schickler. To fight cancer, it sometimes helps to think outside the box, utilizing methods and …
An answer to diabetes?
A peptide developed in Israel offers a promising potential treatment for the Type 1 form of this very common serious condition. Dr. Shlomo Dagan, right, with Prof. Irun Cohen at Andromeda Biotech’s lab. It used to be called “juvenile” diabetes. …
The software that could prevent crib death
A simple invention by two Israeli college students could provide a new weapon against the little-understood phenomenon of SIDS. Photo courtesy of Ben-Gurion University Anava Feinsilver and Tomer Apel developed BabyBeat as their senior project. An invention of two Israeli …
Slowing pancreatic cancer
Israeli researchers identify a protein that may put the brakes on a particularly aggressive form of cancer. Pancreatic cancer is a particularly aggressive, rapidly spreading disease for which there is no effective treatment. Israeli researchers have discovered that a protein …
Advanced cell therapy for chronic wounds
Israel’s MacroCure helps the body heal itself with a unique product based on white blood cells from healthy donors. MacroCure CEO Dr. Mitchell Shirvan. The physical deterioration of old age and illness is often manifested in what doctors call chronic …