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
 DTRAX X-ray

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


Place à la médecine régénérative

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

Cellules souches humaines

Temporary disconnects shed light on long-term brain dysfunction

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

Rambam Medical Center campus contains the National Poison Control Center  (NPCC)

The multi-talented Dr. Topol

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.

Doctor [Illustrative]

New worlds: Simulation on microchip offers insight into dynamics of cellular function

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

A laboratory assistant

Without research, there is no medicine

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

The Shaare Zedek hospital's building

Country’s asthma rates ‘relatively low’

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.

Doctors oversee patient

All Will Be Revealed

The Jerusalem Post

Saving children in Tanzania

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.

SALUM ABDUL SALUMU, three, shows signs of recovery two days after his surgical procedure.

Health Scan: Real-time imaging

Electro-optic technology [illustrative]

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.

Prof. Aravot (left) and Dr. Ben-Gal (right) with recipient of the Heart Mate 3