Science

Israeli researcher Dr. Regina Golan-Gertsl was already researching cancer, but when she lost her mother to brain cancer – she focused her efforts to find a cure and has now made a breakthrough discovery.

While modern medicine might still be far from curing cancer altogether, major breakthroughs are being made on a daily basis for curing some forms of it. An Israeli doctor says that curing breast cancer is "not a fantasy."

While it is a somewhat known fact that people who lose their ability to see have their other senses heightened, it is still no replacement for actual sight. However, researchers at the Hebrew University have developed a breakthrough app that allows the blind to "see" using music.

While eating copious amounts of fatty food is one way to gain weight, one study proves there is something else that increases fat cells: Sitting on your butt. By examining how fat is produced at a cellular level, the researchers discovered that placing physical pressure on fat cells actually caused them to expand.

An Israeli mother's invention that gave her wheelchair-bound son the chance to walk has been launched onto the worldwide market. Debby Elnatan's idea for a walking harness could transform the lives of countless children.

Despite the fact that no animals (except for humans!) shave, it turns out the animal kingdom can teach us a thing or two about shaving. Researchers at the Technion have found that by mimicking the texture of the legs of creatures who live in wet environments – they can create better razors.

"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast," said playwright William Congreve – and as it turns out – it can also heal a broken spirit. Twice a week one guitarist and one flutist use their music to ease the pain of patients, as part of NGO Haverut's activities.

This year's winner of the Israel Prize for Medicine is professor Marta Weinstock-Rosin, who developed the first and only FDA-approved skin patch to treat dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease.

Israeli-American 3D printing giant Stratasys has focused on several markets with its technology, including dentistry, where the company offers an array of solutions for printing teeth in 3D!

The average person has two broken bones in their lifetime, so it's no surprise that trying to heal broken bones is as old as medicine itself. Israeli company Bonus BioGroup has come up with a revolutionary procedure: Growing a person's bone from their fat.

Do you exercise at least three times a week? Does your diet consist of mostly vegetables and fruit? If not, you are part of a high-risk group for diabetes. The only way of treating diabetes today is by injecting insulin. But one Israeli startup is on its way to creating the world's first insulin pill.

While schizophrenia has been recognized as a medical condition decades ago, very little is known about the condition and treatment is only successful in 50% of cases. A recent Israeli study has shed light on new ways of discovering and treating the condition.

This fact surprised us too, but according to the World Health Organization, depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. While previous studies focused on the brain's neurons to find treatments, a recent Israeli study showed that the answer might lie in other brain cells.

Stem cells, so-called "blank cells", can evolve into any kind of cell in the human body, thus making them perfect for medical purposes. Here are five Israeli companies that are changing the face of medicine with pioneering stem-cell applications.

As nefarious as "flesh-eating bacteria" sounds, it actually starts as a pretty harmless organism that can exist in your body without causing any damage. Researchers couldn't understand how it suddenly turns deadly, until now.