Researchers at Tel Aviv University say they developed an effective treatment for melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, that proved encouraging in a study on mice.

Flu vaccinations ahead of the winter have become popular, but they do not protect against the potentially deadly bird flu, which mutates frequently and grows resistant to treatment. Israeli company BiondVax has developed a universal vaccine that could eradicate the flu.

Malaria is a deadly disease which kills over a million people worldwide every year. The high death toll is due to the fact that some strains are able to hide their activity from the human immune system. A new discovery at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, however, may be key in defeating this elusive killer.

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel are developing a vaccine that can potentially help treat autoimmune diseases, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis and Chrohn’s disease. The vaccine has not yet been tested on humans.