Bone reconstruction is a $3.5 billion dollar market. A new player in that market is Israeli company CoreBone, which uses innovative techniques to grow special corals that are can be used as human bone-replacements.

Despite many medical advances, there is currently still no effective way to stop the progression of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. Now, an Israeli research team may have discovered something that can stop the progress of these diseases.

Ever had an itch you can't scratch? It may not be the most serious of physical ailments, but it certainly is among the most annoying ones! Scientists have now shown that itchiness can be stopped by "silencing" the neurons that create the sensation.

A groundbreaking study shows that a female’s exposure to stress, even before she conceives, causes changes in the expression of a gene linked to the stress mechanism in the body of their children.

We know about the little tables with nutritional facts on the back of food boxes, but do we understand them? And what about home-cooked meals? Israeli startup Kitchenbug makes it easy to know the nutritional value of home-cooked meals.

About three to five percent of kids suffer from amblyopia, better known as "Lazy Eye." The new Amblyz eyeglasses now mean there is another solution than the uncomfortable eye patch or eye drops – and they look good while doing it!

Israeli startup IonMed is promising a safe alternative to current practices of closing surgical incisions. BioWeld1 is a tool that uses cold plasma to weld cuts which could replace traditional stitching and avoid scars.

A new Medical study conducted in Israel shows a strong correlation between Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and significant vision problems in children, adding evidence to a long-contested question.

The excision of tumors from the body often means complicated surgery with serious risks. InSightec, an Israeli biotechnology company, is working on a product that could mean the destruction of tumors without a single incision by "cooking" tumors inside the body.

Severe fractures, such as those that occur in the pelvis, can take up to a year to heal. Israeli researchers have found conclusive evidence that using stem cells to treat these fractures can significantly speed up the healing process.

Researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev have found a way to improve type 1 diabetes treatments and stop graft rejection in cases of insulin-producing islet transplants taken from pigs.

For the very first time, Israeli researchers were able to turn human skin cells - taken from heart disease patients - into heart muscle cells that were then used to repair the patients’ damaged hearts.

One of the hardest things for recovering addicts is resisting temptation. An Israeli-led research has identified the part of the brain that causes alcoholics to crave alcohol again and even found a way to shut it down.

Sometimes you just need a hug to calm you down. Unfortunately, sometimes the people who need hugs the most are the ones afraid of human contact, such as people suffering from autism. An Israeli vest may be the right solution.

As more information is gathered on Alzheimer's disease, it is now accepted that a protein called amyloid-beta has a key role in the disease's progression. New research done in Tel Aviv uses electricity to balance the protein's levels in the brain.