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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

biotechnology

Ariel and Ellay Golan with their daughter Yael. The family was severely burned when Hamas terrorists set fire to their home in Kfar Aza on October 7, 2023. The use of NexoBrid on their burns improved and hastened their recovery. (Courtesy of Evyatar Hogeg)
January 19, 2024, 4:55 pm
Innovative treatment helps family severely burned when Hamas set their home on fire
Ariel and Ellay Golan and baby Yael were in life-threatening danger after surviving in their safe room on Oct 7. Pioneering enzyme-based treatments put them on path to recovery
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Dr. Cezar Mizrahi uses augmented reality robotic technology in complex minimally invasive spine surgery for the first time in the world in August 2023. (Courtesy of Shaare Zedek Medical Center)
August 30, 2023, 2:31 pm
In global first, Shaare Zedek spine surgeon combines augmented reality with robotics
25-year-old patient with severely broken back after falling from a height was on his feet and walking without assistance less than a day after the procedure
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A preterm neonate with a nasogastric tube in an incubator. (Courtesy of Elgan Pharma)
August 29, 2023, 11:33 am
Israeli company nears final hurdle to okay insulin-based preemie therapy
Elgan Pharma uses insulin’s growth factor properties to help the gastrointestinal systems of the tiniest babies develop more quickly and effectively — and get them home sooner
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Industry leaders, scientists, engineers, physicians, and investors from over 45 countries at Biomed Israel 2023 conference, Tel Aviv, May 16, 2023. (Alexander Elman)
May 17, 2023, 10:47 pm
At Biomed Israel conference, medical start-ups discuss challenges in reaching success
Companies dealing in life sciences and technology face tougher times ahead due to global economic uncertainty and political crisis at home
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Endoron CEO Ronit Harpaz speaks at a demonstration in Ramat Hasharon, February 25, 2023. (Courtesy)
March 17, 2023, 6:54 am
Health tech leaders warn judicial overhaul will lead to brain drain and funding halt
CEOs and top researchers fear potential threat to democracy will jeopardize international partnerships that Israel’s innovators rely on to bring treatments to market
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A chemotherapy patient lying in a hospital bed. (iStock via Getty Images)
October 31, 2022, 12:46 am
Technion undergrads wow Paris meet with plan to reduce chemo-induced hair loss
Students working toward developing synthetic method for hard-to-obtain compound shown likely to prompt hair growth win accolades at international bio-engineering competition
By Nathan Jeffay
A person smoking marijuana. (Illustrative photo: Mr KornFlakes/iStock by Getty Images)
October 26, 2022, 12:53 pm
Cloned cannabis cells with 12 times more potency are grown in Israeli bioreactor
Company behind the tech says each gram of its product will stretch much further in treating patients than a gram from cannabis plant — and needs far less water and other resources
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: In this file photo taken on January 27, 2021, Palestinian doctors and technicians work at the IVF laboratory at the Razan Center fertility clinic in Nablus, in the West Bank. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
October 12, 2022, 6:38 am
With $92m in hand, Nazareth-based VC looks to invest in the Arab community
NGT’s new fund hopes to capitalize on burgeoning output from Arab medical sector; in 20 years, Arab Israelis went from making up 11.2% of new physicians to nearly half
By Ethan Freedman
Illustrative image: a woman gets a blood test. (stefanamer vis iStock by Getty Images)
September 9, 2022, 10:38 am
In first, new Israeli blood test could detect pancreatic, colorectal cancers
Method, using special technology to image a single molecule, would be breakthrough for pancreatic cancer, which today cannot be identified by any single diagnostic test
By Nathan Jeffay
Mati Gill
March 23, 2022, 5:26 pm
Mati Gill
To build strong biotech ecosystem, Israel must join global battle for talent
Task of building Israeli multinational companies in bioconvergence and biotech requires experts, executives from other leading industry centers worldwide
Illustrative image of sliced pineapple (Anusorn Sutapan; iStock by Getty Images)
July 20, 2021, 4:16 pm
Israel’s MediWound says key trial shows pineapple gel effective for kids’ burns
Use of gel showed a ‘significant reduction’ time for complete removal of dead tissue caused by a burn, and a ‘significant reduction’ in wound area needing surgery
By Shoshanna Solomon
An illustration of how a needle containing alpha particles is inserted into a solid tumor; Alpha Tau Medical says it has developed a technology in which these alpha particles can live long enough to destroy the cells (Courtesy)
July 8, 2021, 4:42 pm
Alpha Tau Medical to merge with SPAC at $1 billion valuation to battle cancer
Founded in 2016, Alpha Tau is an Israeli oncology therapeutics company that injects tumors with radioactive material in simple needle procedure
By Shoshanna Solomon
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Illustration: Elior Doani
June 13, 2021, 3:02 pm
Israeli CEO seeks quantum of solace for women’s diseases
Shahar Keinan, a rare female CEO in the rarified world of quantum computing, says Polaris Quantum Biotech can speed up years-long search for new treatments
By Sara Toth Stub
Illustrative: Team of biologists working with microscopes in a laboratory (Jevtic; iStock by Getty Images)
From the WebMay 31, 2021, 4:58 pm
Israeli pharma firm NeuroRX completes SPAC merger at $1.5 billion valuation
NoCamels: Clinical-stage small molecule drugmaker announces merger with Big Rock Partners Acquisition Corporation to trade on Nasdaq exchange
Illustrative image: researcher examining a bacterial culture plate (iStock)
May 19, 2021, 4:00 pm
Swiss pharma firm Ferring, Israel’s CytoReason join to battle bowel disease
Tel Aviv-based startup uses AI to build digital models of the human immune system and diseases to speed up treatments; two firms will test out new drugs
By Shoshanna Solomon
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