Microbiome Transplants Can Reprogram Immune System to Attack Tumors
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Changing the gut microbiome can reprogram the immune system to attack malignant tumors, according to results of a unique clinical trial at Sheba Medical Center…
Scientists Develop New Gene Therapy for Deafness
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Delivering healthy genetic material into the inner ear cells of mice with a genetic defect that causes deafness enables the cells to function normally, according…
You Can Kill Covid with a Flick of a Switch, Study Shows
ISRAEL21c Staff via Israel21c – As the world continues to race toward a vaccine for Covid-19, new Israeli research shows that the humble light bulb could become a major player in…
Toilet Sensor Set to Transform Colorectal Cancer Screening
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Colorectal cancer grows slowly and can be cured when detected early. Yet nearly 700,000 people die of the disease every year worldwide, mainly because it’s…
Sonovia Antimicrobial Fabrics Will Be Going into New Cars
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – The pandemic has many people wary of riding in a car in close quarters with others’ germs. Soon, many makes of automobiles will be furnished…
Innovative Genome Editing Treatment Destroys Cancer Cells
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – There’s been a lot of press about upcoming Covid-19 vaccines built with mRNA – genetic messengers that carry instructions to cells to make proteins…
Breakthrough Study Shows Hyperbaric Oxygen Can Reverse Aging
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Hyperbaric oxygen treatments can stop the aging of blood cells and even reverse the aging process in healthy aging adults, according to a recently published…
5 Sweet Innovations That Can Save Us from Sugar Overload
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, many of us are tempted by sweets – especially at home during the pandemic. But while…
Covid-19 Pneumonia Drug Candidate Being Prepared Rapidly
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – RedHill Biopharma of Tel Aviv is collaborating with two pharmaceutical manufacturers in Europe and Canada to ramp up manufacturing of its drug candidate opaganib (Yeliva)…
Israel to Begin Clinical Trials of Covid-19 Vaccine
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – The governmental Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR) has approval from the Ministry of Health and the Helsinki Committee to begin testing its vaccine, BriLife,…
Diagnosing Retinal Disease with Artificial Intelligence
Brian Blum via Israel21c – Over a billion people around the world are at high risk for retinal eye diseases such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. And yet more than 75…
Doctors Perform Lifesaving Procedure on Baby During Birth
Abigail Klein Leichman via Israel21c – Doctors in Israel saved a newborn’s life yesterday with a rare surgical procedure performed before the boy was fully outside his mother’s body. The “ex…
Amazing Spinal Surgery Done with Patient Fully Awake
News Staff via Israel21c – After 74-year-old David Avital fell at home, he was brought to Hadassah University Medical Center’s Ein Kerem campus in Jerusalem with several spinal fractures. He needed…
Scientists Develop Tech to Filter Covid Particles from Air
Naama Barak via Israel21c – Technology developed by researchers in Israel and the US to filter particles from the air is being commercialized for filtration systems that filter out airborne Covid-19…
Distancing, Not Lockdowns, Prevents Covid Deaths
Brian Blum via Israel21c – As many countries confront a resurgence of Covid-19 infection, Israel has chosen the lockdown direction. Parts of Australia – Melbourne in particular – have been under…
