Tag: biotechnology

A new blood test has the potential to diagnose cancers, liver diseases, immune disorders, without need for invasive and painful biopsies.

The date set by the Health Ministry for the start of the population-wide vaccination is one week from today, on December 20.

“we were able to debunk a twenty-year-old paradigm."

“The CRISPR-IL consortium will enable Israeli industry to be at the forefront of genome editing worldwide."

Ampoules of a fake Coronavirus vaccine labeled with a forged Migal Institute’s logo in Hebrew are illegally being manufactured and circulated in several South American countries.

“We feel that the vaccine has already shown high safety and efficiency in animal models and we believe the approach we are taking is safer with a higher likelihood of achieving a meaningful immune response.”

The patent, approved in March, covers a vaccine that targets the most vulnerable point in a coronavirus’s structure, through which it penetrates human cells

The vaccine will be oral, making it particularly accessible to the general public.

The treatment reduced the number of pancreatic cancer cells by 90% in the developed tumors a month after it was administered.

New gene-editing technology circumvents natural selection to create new crops to feed growing populations and provide food security for future generations.

The blood-brain barrier acts as a gatekeeper by blocking toxins and other foreign substances in the bloodstream from entering brain tissue and damaging it. It also can prevent potentially therapeutic drugs from reaching the brain.

The agreement is intended to promote the exchange of scientific research through expansion of cooperation and research among policy makers.

"This is another part of the ongoing “Northern Plan” which will reach NIS 920 million by the end of 2018."

Prof. Yuval Dor and Dr. Ruth Shemer received the Kaye Innovation Award for developing a way to detect specific tissue damage from a blood sample. It can save lives.

The Israel Innovation Authority offers many avenues of support to entrepreneurs ... including a startup track and technological infrastructure track, as well as other funding tools.

Israeli scientists have discovered that microalgae can produce massive amounts of clean energy.

A potential future use of iPSCs is the creation of whole organs (such as heart, liver or kidney) in a suitable animal model using cells taken from the patient.

Biotech giant and cash-rich Gilead Sciences will open a marketing office in Israel, Globes Business news reported, making the company the first new generation...

Israeli scientists at Tel Aviv University's School of Electrical Engineering are in the process of bringing the iconic Star Trek “tricorder” to life.