Israel’s InSightec is transforming the operating room with a new ultrasound technology that enables surgeons to destroy tumors and cysts without incisions.
Health
Israelis developing ‘Google Glass’ for the blind
In the not-so-distant future, people blinded by retinitis pigmentosa may be using Israeli technology to see beyond shadows once again.
Drug candidate to enhance bone marrow transplant success
The drug makes the donor tissue less likely to destroy the patient’s organs, while allowing the regular immune activity against the cancer.
Israelis to join Human Brain Project
Some of the best brains in Israel will spend the next 10 years devoted to a multinational effort to advance the understanding of the human mind.
New implant is alternative to spinal fusion
Israel’s Premia Spine has a transformative solution for spinal stenosis inspired by the success of total hip and total knee replacement.
The 3D printers that are revolutionizing our lives
Meet the Israeli-American company behind the amazing 3D printing technology that allows a disabled little girl to move her arms.
The nose that can smell cancer goes commercial
Israeli professor’s revolutionary disease-detection device is on the road to changing how early, and how easily, lung cancer is diagnosed.
Groundbreaking insulin pill nearing market
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.
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.
Oxygen chamber can boost brain repair
Hyperbaric treatment revitalizes neurons in damaged brains, Israeli researchers find.
Free rehab center for southern Israelis breaks ground
Sderot Medical Rehabilitation Center will provide missile-hit southern residents physical, occupational, communication, art, sensory and water therapies at no charge.