Science

Israeli researchers have devised a new way of treating cancerous cells in bone marrow – for the first time taking the therapy directly to the cancer inside the soft, fatty tissue contained within our bones.  This revolutionary method involves surrounding RNA, a molecule containing instructions for cellular behavior, with targeted lipid nanoparticles that send the […]

An Israeli startup is developing a new protein-based cancer treatment that it says has the potential to address one of the most important oncology targets. ExoProTher says its therapy solely affects the mutated cells that form tumors, and, unlike other treatments, does not affect healthy cells.   Now being tested in the preclinical stage, the drug uses […]

Israeli scientists have developed a new drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease following a recent discovery about how people lose their memories.  The creators of the drug, which is currently undergoing preclinical trials, say it could potentially be life-changing for people living with Alzheimer’s.  The disease – the most common type of dementia, which affected up […]

An Israeli researcher has patented a way of using a patient’s tears to diagnose Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s – the two most common neurodegenerative diseases in the world – in their pre-symptom stages.  Neither Alzheimer’s (up to 40 million sufferers worldwide in 2023) nor Parkinson’s (8.5 million sufferers worldwide in 2019) has a specific method of […]

An Israeli engineer who underwent repeat cancer treatments has created a handheld scanner to track miniscule traces of cancer cells in real time during surgery, aiming to eradicate the need for multiple invasive procedures.   Several years ago, Dov Cohen, a senior engineer at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), had to undergo complicated surgery to remove a […]

For many millions of people living with conditions like diabetes that affect blood flow, a minor cut or a scratch can have grave medical consequences.  People with these conditions struggle with wounds that heal easily in others, leaving them vulnerable to serious infection that in some cases can be fatal.  Now an Israeli startup has […]

A breakthrough therapy for a rare and potentially fatal form of lung disease treats patients at home with a short, weekly or biweekly session with a nebulizer – a machine that turns liquid medication into an easily inhaled mist. The therapy delivers a new RNA treatment to sufferers for whom standard medication does not work.  […]

You wouldn’t think it, but a field of flowers can be a pretty noisy place. Not because of the chirping birds or the buzzing bees… but because of the sounds the plants make themselves.  For the first time ever, Israeli researchers have been able to prove that plants do indeed make noise. They picked up […]

A Canadian drink made headlines in 2018 when it was touted as being able to pack a similar buzz to booze, despite not containing even a single drop of alcohol.  Users later reported that they indeed felt no desire to consume alcohol after ingesting it, experienced no ill effects, and had no urge to continue […]

A revolutionary schizophrenia treatment developed in Israel, which makes it easier for adult patients to manage their illness, has been granted approval by the US Food and Drug Administration, clearing the way for it to reach Americans in need as soon as this month.  Pharmaceutical companies Teva of Israel and Medincell of France have teamed […]

A 14-year old boy dying from diabetes in a Toronto hospital became the first person in the world to receive an insulin injection in 1922. Within 24 hours, his high blood glucose levels dropped to near-normal levels and he lived to tell the tale. For the next 60 years, insulin derived from pigs and cattle […]

There’s a kids’ game in which a line of players whisper a word or a phrase to their neighbor. It’s called Broken Telephone in the US, or Chinese Whispers in the UK. The winner is the first team to accurately transmit the message all the way along the line. Plants do the same thing. They […]

We’ve all pulled a cucumber out of the fridge, only to find it’s shriveled, shrunk and moldy. In the US alone, households waste over 30 percent of the food they buy – even though most supermarket fruit and veg are either sprayed with a preserving wax or wrapped in clear plastic. Israeli startup Sufresca has […]

Professor Raphael Mechoulam, the father of cannabis research, has passed away at the age of 92. His pioneering work in Israel directly improved the lives of millions of patients across the world who now benefit from the drug’s medicinal properties. Throughout a long, passionate and distinguished career, he made more contributions to the field of […]

A new source of sustainable energy could soon be powering airplanes, cargo ships, and even home heaters – and it’s made of maggots.  More specifically, the oil extracted from the larvae of Black Soldier Flies (BSF) that’s been genetically modified by an Israeli startup. BugEra is developing a breakthrough technology to breed the larvae so […]