Israel medical breakthroughs

"It is a matter of definitely less than 10 years, maybe less than five, that we can have this treatment available," professor says.

La sclérose en plaques ne sera bientôt plus une maladie incurable. Un traitement révolutionnaire à base de cellules souches expérimenté à l’hôpital Hadassah verra le jour d’ici quelques années

Yizhar is particularly interested in the long-distance communications between nerve cells in different areas of the brain.

The Queens-born physician voted the ‘most influential physician executive’ and ‘one of the most important physicians’ in the US makes his first visit to Israel.

Mitochondrial dysfunction plays a critical role in the development of chemical and pharmaceutical toxicity.

Jerusalem’s 114-year-old Shaare Zedek Medical Center organized its first-ever staff research day and intends to hold them every two years.

Over the past two years, deaths from COPD, which includes asthma, but is caused mainly by smoking, and in rare cases by exposure to asbestos, have been significantly lower in Israel.

Thousands of children are alive today because of a small group of medical professionals who volunteer their time and expertise to perform lifesaving cardiac surgery and train local medical personnel.