The coronavirus vaccine is causing some patients who have received cornea transplants to reject the donated tissue, Israeli doctors have found. They have brought the problem, easily fixed but harmful if untreated, to the attention of the international medical community with an article in a prestigious peer-reviewed journal on the first two cases. Prof. David Zadok, … [Read more...]
Archives for 2023
Israeli Tech Raises $10.5 Billion In Funds
June 9, 2023 by
Israel’s tech sector broke a new capital-funding record this week, with firms raising a total of $10.5 billion since the start of the year, matching the total raised in the whole of 2020, a record year, in less than half the time. The data was compiled via the database of Start-Up Nation Central, which tracks the local tech ecosystem. The increase in investments in … [Read more...]
Israeli Traction Invention Does Away With Chains
March 23, 2023 by
For any driver who’s ever skidded on ice or gotten mired in mud, Israel Zahavi’s new invention may be just the ticket. Power Wheel is a removable disc that fits inside the vehicles tires. Inside are twenty metal bars (steel-tipped for off-road vehicles and rubber-tipped for cars to protect asphalt) that can be manually or automatically telescoped out beyond the … [Read more...]
Cancer Patients and The Covid-19 Vaccine
February 24, 2023 by
Vaccine protection against COVID-19 wanes more quickly among cancer patients, but boosters rapidly bolster their antibody levels, Israeli research has found. The study supports the case for giving cancer patients third vaccine doses in countries where they have only received two, according to author Dr. Hagai Ligumsky. And it encourages the rollout of fourth shots for this … [Read more...]
Groundbreaking Discoveries Against Liver Disease
January 16, 2023 by
After years of hunting, Dr. Rifaat Safadi and his team of Hadassah medical researchers in Jerusalem have found the gene that causes liver disease. This groundbreaking discovery paves the way for potential new treatments. Safadi, an Arab-Israeli physician who heads the Liver Unit at Hadassah University Hospital in Ein-Karem, tells ISRAEL21c that while the gene, … [Read more...]
