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...]
Israeli drug cuts COVID deaths by 70% in small study, company says
November 24, 2021 by
An Israeli drugmaker says a therapy it is developing reduced deaths among patients battling serious bouts of COVID-19 by 70 percent, and nearly halved hospitalization length in a small trial. A clinical study for MesenCure, conducted in Israel, involved 50 patients hospitalized in serious condition, and a similar size control group that received the best standard of care … [Read more...]
Israeli Research Team Identifies Brain Injuries
November 2, 2019 by
Athletes are at constant risk of head injuries. Collisions on the playing field can easily lead to concussion, a condition where the brain essentially ricochets off the skull. A team of researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Stanford University and Trinity College in Dublin has now found evidence that brain injuries can occur even without a reported … [Read more...]
