Science

AEYE Health’s Simple Eye Scan To Diagnose, Prevent Avoidable Blindness
The Israeli startup, with offices in NY and Tel Aviv, is on a mission to create a new, more accessible and improved standard for retinal screening process.
August 13, 2020

Nestlé, Israel’s Epitomee Medical Partner To Develop Weight Loss Capsule
The US nutritional science leader and the Israeli biomed firm have announced an agreement to commercialize a weight loss and metabolic health product.
August 13, 2020

Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug May Help Kids With Autism, Says Leading Israeli Neuroscientist
The study, headed by researchers from Tel Aviv University, sheds light on the effects of ADNP syndrome, a condition on the autism spectrum.
August 10, 2020

Roche, aMoon Launch New Program To Invest In Early Israeli Health Tech Ventures
Israel's leading health tech investment firm aMoon is partnering with Swiss biotech multinational Roche to tap into innovative Israeli health solutions.
August 10, 2020

Israeli Firm Freezing Cancer Tumors Raises $6M In Equity Offering
IceCure Medical's cryoablation technology treats benign and malignant tumors by freezing them and turning them into ice balls.
August 09, 2020

Israel Set To Launch Human Trials For COVID-19 Vaccine After High Holidays
Israeli researchers from the Israel Institute for Biological Research
expect to begin trials on humans for their COVID-19 vaccine candidate this fall.
August 06, 2020

Blood Diagnostics Firm Sight Raises $71M For System That Produces Quick Results
Founded in 2011, the company developed the OLO analyzer, a device that performs blood tests with just a finger-prick and provides lab-grade results in minutes.
August 05, 2020

Israeli Delegation To India ‘Optimistic’ About Developing Rapid COVID-19 Testing Tech
An Israeli delegation of researchers that traveled to India last week to evaluate four cutting-edge coronavirus testing technologies has returned to Israel “optimistic” about developing rapid COVID-19 testing kits with results potentially “in tens of seconds.” The delegation completed its mission on Wednesday and will return to Israel in the coming days with more than […]
August 05, 2020

New Israeli-Made Mask Claims To Offer Best Protection Yet Against Coronavirus
A former IDF gas mask innovator says his invention stops 99.25% of airborne particles — better than N95 — while insisting this outweighs its clunky look.
August 04, 2020

Teva, Technion To Collaborate On Cancer, Neurobiology Research
Israel’s Teva is partnering with the Technion for research into new immunotherapy methods to treat cancer and nervous system diseases.
August 03, 2020

Israeli AI Diagnostics Firm Ibex Detects Cancer Using Advanced Algorithms
Ibex Medical Analytics' AI-powered technology helps pathologists detect and grade cancer in biopsies.
July 30, 2020

Cholesterol Drug May Lessen COVID-19 Threat To That Of Common Cold – New Study
Early scientific research shows that an existing drug may lessen the dangers of the COVID-19 disease, downgrading it to the threat of a common cold.
July 29, 2020

Israel, India To Evaluate Rapid COVID-19 Testing Technologies
Voice, breathalyzer, and other rapid coronavirus testing technologies are being vetted in India as part of a scientific research agreement.
July 28, 2020

Zebra Medical Vision Gets FDA Clearance For Mammography Solution
This is the Israeli AI imaging company's 6th FDA clearance for an automated solution that helps identify at-risk patients and helps radiologists with workflow.
July 27, 2020

Israeli Researchers Make Alcohol For Hand Sanitizer From Waste
The Tel Aviv University team is starting a pilot program using agricultural waste to make ethanol for an alcohol-based hand rub.
July 27, 2020