The anti-cancer virus engineered by Hebrew University researchers comes from the same family as the HIV virus.A new technique for tricking cancer cells into “committing suicide” and thus preventing their spread has been developed by researchers at the Alexander Silberman …
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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 discovers insight into how cancer cells multiply
Weizmann researchers have discovered a key molecule that could be used to suppress the replication of cancer cells.A research team from Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, has discovered a process by which the coded information of a gene …
Israel’s Lumenis helping to reduce pain of dental surgery
OpusDent, Lumenis’ dental subsidiary, wants to educated U.S. dentists on the advantages of lasers in dental surgery.Lumenis, based in Yokneam, Israel, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use of its OpusDent Erbium dental lasers in …
More foreign investors seeing value in Israeli biotech
Medical equipment manufacturer Boston Scientific may invest up to $100 million in Israeli startups.Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Siemens. All the top global information technology players have had a long and successful history of conducting research and/or manufacturing in …
Startup Can-Fite Biopharma joins the ranks of cancer fighters
Can-Fite’s CF-101 is intended as a long-term treatment to prevent cancer from worsening.An Israeli startup known as Can-Fite Biopharma is reversing the normal approach to developing drugs in the laboratory: Instead of looking for why cancer occurs, it’s trying to …
Pharmos sees new use for brain injury therapy
Dexanabinol, Pharmos’ drug for brain injury, is being tested for effectiveness against brain impairment following heart surgery.Pharmos Corp. is working with a whole new set of compounds derived from a cannabis-like drug that has already proved successful in improving the …
Drug maker Merck & Co., Inc. places Israel on its ‘will-invest’ list
Merck plans to interview more than 20 Israeli companies for possible joint ventures in pharmaceutical research.Advances in Israeli biotech and drug development have persuaded management at U.S. pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Inc. of Whitehouse Station, N.J., to add Israel …
Israel’s Galil says test case confirms viability of its cancer procedure
Galil’s freezing technology eliminates the need for surgery, reduces risk and shortens recovery times in treating kidney and prostate cancers.Physicians at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville destroyed a cancer tumor in the remaining kidney of a 64 …
Anonymous Israeli donor brightens outlook for U.S. leukemia patient
Allen Vollen and daughter Elana, before finding out he had Leukemia. A stem cell transplant will increase Vollen’s chances of surviving from 20 to 60 percent.Allen Vollen of Burlingame, Calif., was diagnosed in January with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, a deadly …
Israel’s Teva leads U.S. generic drug market
Generic drugs produced by Teva and other manufacturers are often 50 to 80 percent cheaper than competing brand-name products.The need for quality health care combined with rising costs has Americans facing a squeeze. How do we serve an aging population …