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 1,000 apparently healthy Israelis of a median age of 48 were screened at Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center for 11 of the most common cancers, 2.4 percent (24) were diagnosed at an early stage with malignancies and treated successfully.

One in 20 people over the age of 65 will suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Israeli scientists are now beginning a phase 2 trial of an experimental drug called Ladostigil, which has already had promising results on lab animals.