Israel medical breakthroughs
Israeli scientists help solve genetic mystery linking hearing loss and gray hair
Researchers from Tel Aviv University and international partners identified a rare genetic variant that disrupts hearing and may alter hair pigmentation.
Israeli doctors use patients' own cells to attack blood cancer cells in medical breakthrough
World's first spinal cord transplant to take place in Israel, could allow patients to walk again
Technion breakthrough for better drug delivery and tissue implantation
Petah Tikva’s Beilinson implants new generation of artificial heart
Transplant surgeon says Heart Mate 3 is more technically sophisticated, causes fewer complications, such as blood clots, and creates blood pressure, as does a natural heart.
Hebrew U expert links depression to brain immune cell irregularities
Some forms of depression may result from malfunctioning microglia but this does not mean that all sub-types of depression are caused by abnormalities in these cells.
Israel can prevent it
Non-invasive test for Gaucher disease developed
Technique does not require a sample of amniotic fluid
It’s a boy!
Israel is mega-advanced in matters medical; it’s always amazing.
Changes coming to the Health Ministry
UTJ’s Litzman expected to cancel most decisions made by Yesh Atid’s German
Youngest Israeli ever to get liver transplant – a five-month-old baby – gets lobe from her mother
The mother’s own liver will grow to normal size in a matter of weeks.
Everything you always wanted to know about sternutation but were too sneezy to ask
The banal phenomenon of sneezing is analyzed in depth by a former Russian-immigrant neurologist’s Hebrew-language book.
Healthcare crisis looms over Israel’s aging population
For decades, Israel has enjoyed an enviable reputation for healthcare, but the demographic reality propping up this reputation is about to collapse.
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Tuer le cancer
Les scientifiques israéliens sont à l’avant-garde de la guerre contre « la pire des maladies». Tour d’horizon des dernières percées dans le domaine de la recherche