Floating on the Yarkon stream, which flows through Israel, is the yellow water lily. Hidden within the petals of this flower is a protein that can improve chemotherapy treatment for cancer, according to Israeli researchers at Ben Gurion University.

Understanding Alzheimer's disease is a difficult task for researchers, as the disease can only be identified with an autopsy. Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a technique that studies the disease in the brain cells of fruit flies.

Though a cure for blindness has not yet been found, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that by using special sensory equipment, called SSDs, the blind could actually "see" their surroundings using a camera that converts a visual feed to an audio one.

A study from Haifa University in Israel found a connection between the disease and a protein called eIF2alpha. Researchers believe that by using drugs to alter the activity of the protein, it may be possible to prevent and even cure Alzheimer's.

By 2030, almost 23.6 million people will die from cardiovascular diseases yearly, according to the World Health Organization. The Israeli company CardioFit is testing a world’s-first nerve-stimulation device which balances the autonomic nervous system of heart-failure patients.

The Israeli biotechnology company BrainStorm announced successful results in its clinical trial for a drug against ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) - a fatal neurodegenerative disease also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.