Prof. Lior Gepstein in the lab – the creation of blood vessels in the system is as important as the beating heart tissue.An Israeli scientific team from the Technion have succeeded in creating in the laboratory beating heart tissue from …
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Say goodbye to surgical stitches and staples
If a new Israeli product from IonMed gets market approval, surgeons will have a revolutionary tool in their hands for scar-free incision closure.
Israeli team part of international discovery of new gene for Alzheimer Disease
The five-year study involved DNA samples from 6,000 volunteers.Researchers from the Technion in Haifa, Israel are part of an international team of scientists who have uncovered a major new gene – SORL1 – for late-onset Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer’s disease, which …
Israeli degree in ‘medical clowning’ a prescription for health
‘We want to be part of the hospital staff. This course will open doors for us. Hospitals will see it as a serious profession once there is a degree [in the field].’Laughter is the best medicine – an old saying, …
Bedouin genetic defect identified by Israeli scientists
The findings “open a new field of research into these common neurodegenerative diseases.”A gene prevalent in a Bedouin tribe in southern Israel that causes a severe hereditary neuro-degenerative disease has been identified by a Ben-Gurion University of the Negev research …
Israeli medical diagnostics ‘moo-ves’ to the farm
Veterix CEO Eliav Tahar: We looked for a solution and the main reason was the welfare of the animals. I wanted to give the quickest remedy to any problem an animal has. If Little Bo Peep wants to find her …
Antibiotic substitute developed by Israeli researchers
The Technion team used a fatty acid to activate the peptide so it acts specifically against Pseudonomas bacteria, which usually causes lung infections.Two recent Israeli studies are shedding new light on fighting bacteria using antibiotics. In the first, researchers at …
Israeli study shows how pig embryo tissue transplants could cure genetic diseases
An enlarged image of a cryopreserved pig embryo – Weizmann scientists have found the window of opportunity during which cells taken from the developing embryo can be most successfully transplanted. A team from the Weizmann Institute of Science has offered …
In Israel, virtual-reality systems help with disability rehabilitation
Doctors using the system say it can cut rehabilitation times and make the process far easier by helping distract patients from their pain.On most days, a tumor on Zvulun Muola’s spinal cord keeps him confined to a wheelchair, but today …
Hawking finds Lou Gehrig’s Disease research in Israel
Professor Stephen Hawking talks to scientists at Tel Aviv University where he presented a lecture on the origins of the world.World renowned Cambridge University theoretical physicist professor Stephen Hawking may have arrived in Israel last week to give lectures and …
Israeli test empowers women to diagnose yeast infections for themselves
Dr. Michael Dan: With this new kit, a woman can not only treat herself, but can do it appropriately, by being able to diagnose herself by simple means.Nearly 75% of women in the developed world will suffer from a yeast …