The Accordion Pill technology will enable Intec to be a conduit for major slow release drugs that can be administered once daily cutting out the need for someone to take as many as five pills a day.Most people have heard …
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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.
Israeli device hides cellulite, re-contours skin’s surface
The VelaSmooth is the only device that combines four different methodologies – two heating components, infrared and conducted RF current, a vacuum charger and mechanical manipulation of the skin.Texas resident Shanan Brown spent her first 30 years in a normal …
Using the secrets of the brain to promote scientific cooperation
There’s a specific scientific reason for holding the conference in Israel – it’s a world leader in the life sciences and information technology.There wasn’t any one particular reason why some of the world’s most respected brain researchers gathered last week …
Israeli breakthrough – Frozen ovarian tissue transplant reverses infertility
Offering hope to the millions of younger women who face losing their fertility after chemotherapy, Israeli doctors have succeeded in reversing infertility caused by cancer treatment. The New England Journal of Medicine reported that a 28-year-old woman gave birth Monday …
Israel’s ‘medical chef’ teaches patients to eat properly
Rani Polak at work: I thought that this is a place for my two loves to meet.Rani Polak couldn’t decide between a career in cooking or medicine. So he decided to combine them. A student in his fourth and final …
Israeli researchers bring nanotechnologies to life
A specialist in the biology of stem cells, Dr. Dafna Benayahu is attempting to develop a “lab on a chip” as her part of CellPROM.An Israeli team led by Dr. Dafna Benayahu of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine …
Israeli researcher develops cannabis compound with unique anti-cancer action
Natalya Kogan: I’ve been interested in cancer research for many years.Whether or not the potential medical benefits of marijuana outweigh the dangers is a long-debated issue and currently a political hot potato.A recent Israeli breakthrough adds a new twist: a …
Foam – the Israeli way to take the sting out of skin treatments
Foamix can turn any active ingredient into easily applied foamFoam, sweet foam. There isn’t anything quite like it for skin treatments. It gets the job done, without the messy and sticky remains associated with creams, lotions, ointments and gels. Foams …
Israeli researchers coax liver cells to produce insulin
Implanted adult liver cells emulate the genetic makeup of the pancreas and produce insulin.Adult liver cells can be redirected to produce insulin in response to glucose levels, according to the results of an Israeli study released last week. The scientists …
‘Sweet’ diagnostics kit developed to help bowel disease sufferers
Glycominds worked for seven years on the IBDX kit which cracks the code of a complex form of sugars in the body called glycans which can be used to diagnose chronic intestinal disease.In her early 30s, Cathy Richards is spunky, …