November 4, 2024

Israeli antibody treatment targets most aggressive breast cancer

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Jan. 5, 2011. Photo by Doron Horowitz/Flash90. (JNS) — A newly developed antibody-based treatment for the most aggressive type of breast cancer could also be used to treat many other cancers, […]
October 31, 2024

Israeli researchers discover mechanism to eliminate tumors

Tel Aviv University’s Ramat Aviv campus, Dec. 16, 2022. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90. (JNS) — Israeli researchers have stumbled on a way to stimulate the immune system to fight cancer cells, including in types of the disease considered resistant to […]
July 11, 2024

Florida-Israel Space Tech partnership awards $2 million for research projects

Space Florida, the state’s aerospace finance and development authority, and the Israel Innovation Authority announced on July 9 eight companies awarded funding to work jointly in the Space Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership Program. The joint funding program was established 11 years […]
August 28, 2023

Innovative Israeli heart valve implanted in first U.S. patients

Israeli doctors perform cardiac catheterizations at Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital, in Jerusalem, on Jan. 20, 2020. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90. by Pesach Benson (JNS) — Trisol Medical Ltd., an Israeli medical device company, has successfully implanted its Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve […]
July 12, 2023

Research involving Israeli scientists shows gut-brain axis in development of autism

Parents of autistic children protest outside the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, demanding larger budgets for children with autism. Jan. 04, 2013. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90. by Pesach Benson A collaborative study conducted by a global team of microbiome experts […]
May 14, 2022

From oranges to… High tech now more than half of Israel’s exports

by Hili Yacobi-Handelsman (Israel HaYom) — For the first time in Israel’s history, high tech exports accounted for more than 50 percent of the country’s exports in 2021, now standing at 54 percent, while in another first, more than 10 […]
February 10, 2022

Israeli study: Covid antibodies perform best after infection rather than vaccine

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the United States. Credit: NIAID-RML via Wikimedia Commons. by Abigail Klein Leichman (Israel21c) — Over time, the number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies […]
January 24, 2022

Israeli discovery could stop spread of pancreatic cancer cells in liver

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital. Credit: Alex Jilitsky via Wikimedia Commons. by Maayan Hoffman (JNS) — A team of researchers from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center has discovered how pancreatic cancer cells spread in the liver, which could […]
July 10, 2021

Navajo community lacking adequate water sources receives Israeli water tech

The Israeli company Watergen has implemented a pilot project, installing a GEN-M water generator at Rocky Ridge Gas & Market (RRGM) in the Hard Rock community of the Navajo Nation. Credit: Courtesy. (JNS) — The Israeli company Watergen has implemented […]
February 10, 2021

Israeli study: Those with Pfizer Covid vaccine less likely to pass virus to others

An Israeli woman receives a Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine on Feb. 7, 2021, in Hadera. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90 by Abigail Klein Leichman (Israel21c) — People who’ve received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination against Covid-19 seem significantly less likely to “shed” or transmit […]
January 25, 2021

Using bacteria to disintegrate, recycle single-use plastics

Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash by Yael Mor (Israel21c) — Every year, more than 300 million tons of plastic are produced worldwide, and around half of the produced materials are designed for single-use purposes. In fact, more plastic has […]