Israel medical breakthroughs

Israeli doctors use patients' own cells to attack blood cancer cells in medical breakthrough

The first three patients to undergo the procedure did so without complication and were discharged as planned, Rabin Medical Center announced.

Dr Yarden Shor Nareznoy , Scientist of the Samueli Institute and Maya Avraham Hayun, QA Manager at the Samueli Institute
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World's first spinal cord transplant to take place in Israel, could allow patients to walk again

Representative images of the microstructure of formed hydrogels under various US induction durations, taken by a scanning electron microscope.

Technion breakthrough for better drug delivery and tissue implantation

Neurosurgeon performs surgery on epileptic 10 month old baby

Vagal-nerve stimulator implanted for first time into ten-month old epilepsy patient


Israeli researchers help improve diabetics' insulin management

A diabetes blood sugar test

Israeli miracle surgery helps child hear for the first time

NYU team flown in to participate in Israel's Shaare Zedek Medical Center’s unusual surgery.

Shaare Zedek Hospital

For Israel Enough is not Sufficient

The Jerusalem Post

Israel is finally unmasked

The Jerusalem Post

Israeli hospital treats first Palestinian for unique brain condition

The procedure uses an MRI-guided ultrasound, developed by the Insightec company at the Technion.

An image of the human brain

Israeli biotech firm successfully reverses human bone loss in early trial

The innovation could lead to the possibility of regrowing larger bones in the rest of the body.

A researcher holds a vial containing a lab-grown, semi-liquid bone graft at the laboratory of Israeli biotech firm Bonus Biogroup in Haifa, Israel December 4, 2016

Israeli research successful in identifying possible HIV, AIDS cure

Scientists have identified a protein that could practically eliminate the HIV virus.

A laboratory assistant

Proposal to set down principles of medical tourism approved by committee

Until now, the matter has been dealt with only partially, causing confusion.

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Influencing Israeli medicine

Five experts who have had a significant influence on Israeli medicine.

From left to right: Prof. Eyal Sheiner, Prof. Aviv Goldbert, Dr. Anat Horev, Prof. Ohad Birk and Dr. Yuli Trager

Stem cell therapy trial for ALS and MS patients at Jerusalem hospital shows stunning results

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

Professor Dimitrios Karussis