The ancient remedy of essential oils used by the Egyptians, Chinese and Incas has now been updated to free crops from pests.The chemical pesticides used in modern agriculture and in the home are poisoning our planets’ animal life, waterways and …
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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.
IBM Israel develops high-tech gadgetry for granny
IBM Israel is collaborating with partners in the European Union to create computer software that will help prevent cognitive decline in the elderly – keeping grandma and grandpa on the ball. A number of recent studies have found that computer …
Three times a day keeps pneumonia away
An Israeli study found that brushing a ventilator patient’s teeth three times a day can help prevent pneumonia bacteria travelling down to the lungs.It happens far more than people might realize: ventilator-associated pneumonia, or VAP for short, is a leading …
Helping the disabled or elderly walk with care
Aiming to change the lives of people with motor movement disabilities: Jacob Gabel, CEO of Walk-Care.A new Israeli device the ReWalk — worn like an exoskeleton and maneuvered with crutches — promises to give mobility to paraplegics. The company developing …
Israelis create a promising second skin to seal wounds
Plastics, sheep gut, silk and metal wire: the materials that doctors have used to stitch wounds together on the battlefield and in the clinic have changed over time, but none of the solutions are perfect. They take time to apply, …
Tackling bone rot from inside the genes
“It’s about quality of life,” Prof. Joseph Katz, head of Bio-Med.Some 50 million people, including one in every two menopausal woman in America, are taking drugs to reduce the dangerous effects of osteoporosis. A little known fact is that a …
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Israeli researchers pioneer laser treatment for sealing wounds
Prof. Abraham Katzir: “Plastic surgeons will love this invention.”Suturing wounds and cuts has always been problematic. Even using today’s microsurgery techniques, the treated wounds are open to infection, and the patient is inevitably left with permanent and unsightly scars.When carbon …
Bringing Israeli life science talent back to its roots
Shmuel Hess: From MIT to Israel.Like so many other Israeli life science majors, the moment Shmuel Hess graduated from Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a doctorate in pharmacology, he packed his bags and set off for MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts …
Stress in pregnancy linked to childhood development problems
Take it easy: keeping stress levels low during pregnancy is important for a child’s long-term well being.Pregnancy can be a worrying time for many women, but now a new study by Israeli researchers shows that stress during these vital nine …