Science

As the human brain gets older, it is increasingly prone to neurodegenerative disease. If only it were possible to simply stop the brain from aging. As it turns out, it might just be, as recent study by Hebrew University researchers and an Israeli startup has shown.

Essential tremor, most commonly known as a symptom of Parkinson's disease, is a condition that causes people's hands to shake. Israeli researchers from Rambam Medical Center have been able to significantly reduce tremors in a 73 year-old man, using focused ultrasound.

Have you ever tried using adhesive tape on a wet surface? Now imagine trying to find an adhesive to patch up a place that is always wet – inside the human body. Israeli company Sealantis has achieved this by mimicking a known sticky organism from under the sea.

With no known cure, Alzheimer's Disease is still the most common form of dementia and a leading cause of death among people 65 and older. Now, a team of Israeli researchers have made progress with a finding that may help diagnose the disease as early as at the age of 30, and treat it accordingly.

Two weeks ago, we published an article about Israel's IceCure, known for its treatment that freezes breast tumors into balls of ice, and which had just announced it would turn its sight on lung cancer. Now we can announce the clinical trial on IceCure’s effectiveness with lung cancer has been successful.

Half of Americans over 50 choose to forgo colonoscopies, despite the fact it can save their lives, because the procedure is sometimes uncomfortable. Given Imaging, an Israeli medical company, pioneered a non-invasive method of detecting disorders in the gastrointestinal tract with PillCam.

Completing a triathlon is one of the hardest feats in sports and, as is the case with many physical competitions, requires a high pain endurance threshold. Researchers who studied triathletes have found that they feel pain differently than other people, experiencing it with less intensity.

Using an IV on a child is a challenge for even the most trained of professionals. Sometimes, it can take up to 10 times to get it right. A group of Israeli medical professionals and designers have come up with an innovative solution that gets it right on the first try.

Once again, science supersedes fiction: Israeli company Real View has developed technology that projects a 3D hologram of the patient's heart in mid-air, helping the doctor understand the patient's condition – without putting the real heart under risk.

IceCure's amazing tumor-freezing technology destroys breast tumors by freezing them into ice balls. Now, the company is targeting the number one killer-cancer in the US – lung cancer.

High cholesterol is a common condition and is usually treated by a drug from the Statin family. However, that treatment does not work for everyone. While searching for an alternative treatment, Israeli researchers found a powerful antioxidant that can battle both high cholesterol and free radicals.

For many people, transitional seasons mean one thing: allergies. Until recently, skin allergies were considered to be caused by a malfunction in the immune system, but Israeli researchers have learned that the cause may be in the body's "gatekeeper" – the skin.

It took eight years and $3 billion to map out the human genome. Now, an Israeli company is going to make your genome available to you wherever you go with a simple smartphone app. Will this app usher in a new era in medicine?

When he was a Teenager, Israeli entrepreneur Eugene Jorov lost his father to a sudden heart attack, which prompted him to go into medical technology. Now, his monitoring "Angel" wristband is showing promise with a successful crowdfunding campaign.

Researchers anticipate that adult and embryonic stem cells will soon be able to treat some of the world's most serious diseases. However, embryonic stem cells are still a controversial matter. An Israeli team has found a way to improve the production of new stem cells significantly.