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Itay & Beyond scientists and researchers at a lab at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. (Courtesy)
February 23, 2025, 8:18 am
Israeli scientists fuse ‘brain tissue’ and electronic chips to test autism treatment
Biotech startup Itay & Beyond uses AI analysis of a ‘brain-on-a-chip’ made from stem cells to predict drug efficacy for neuropsychiatric disorders, expedite testing and development
By Sharon Wrobel
Tel Aviv University researchers decode the mechanism of a rare neurological disease. From left to right, PhD student Eyal Paz, Prof. Abdussalem Azem and Prof. Uri Ashery. (Courtesy, Tel Aviv University)
December 16, 2024, 3:45 pm
Israeli researchers decode mechanism of rare neurological disease
Tel Aviv University scientists say faulty TIMM50 protein causes dysfunction in mitochondria; breakthrough could pave way for treatments for range of other conditions
By Diana Bletter
Anna Kosma (front), who has just entered rehab three months after doctors believed she had 2% chance of survival, pictured at Shaare Zedek Medical Center with her physicians Dr. Stefan Mausbach, left, and Dr. Roni Eichel (courtesy of Shaare Zedek Medical Center)
August 31, 2022, 10:16 pm
Flown from Ukraine to Israel with a 1-2% chance of survival, teen recovers
After 3 months in Israeli ICU with rare infection, Anna Kosma is released to rehab; ‘Doctors see this once in a lifetime,’ says her physician
By Nathan Jeffay
Orit Peled, 49, an Israeli who drowned while snorkeling in Sharm el-Sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula on June 17, 2022. (Courtesy)
June 20, 2022, 11:55 am
Israeli died of epileptic seizure in Sinai, lifeguards didn’t know CPR, husband says
Spouse of Orit Peled, 49, says local staff didn’t know basic lifesaving techniques and lacked medical equipment; woman suffered seizure while snorkeling in Sharm el-Sheikh
By ToI Staff
Illustrative - Girl with EEG electrodes attached to her head. (Luaeva, Getty Images)
April 30, 2019, 9:44 am
Israeli researchers discover MS drug could help epilepsy patients
Breakthrough may lead to new drugs for the 30%-40% of epilepsy sufferers who don’t respond to existing treatments
By ToI Staff
Newsweek reporter Kurt Eichenwald (YouTube screenshot)
March 22, 2017, 1:55 am
US man charged over seizure-inducing tweet to reporter
John R. Rivello, 29, could face 10 years in prison for sending deadly strobe-light message to Trump critic Kurt Eichenwald
By Agencies
Evangelical Christians from around the world sing and recite prayers at the Jerusalem Chairman's Conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, September 22, 2013. (Flash90)
May 16, 2016, 9:16 pm
Israeli doctors watch epileptic’s brain while he ‘sees God’
During treatment at Hadassah Hospital, patient has a spontaneous religious experience, claims to converse with the Lord
By Raoul Wootliff
Illustrative photo of a Magen David Adom ambulance outside an Israeli hospital (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
November 13, 2015, 11:39 am
12-year-old girl dies at bat mitzvah in southern Israel
Teen collapses at party, suffering apparent epileptic seizure
By ToI Staff
A young boy looks at an exhibition depicting thematic brain caricatures at the "First Station" in Jerusalem (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
April 24, 2014, 3:30 pm
Blood pressure drug could end injury-caused epilepsy
Israelis working with foreign researchers have promising research on preventing some brain maladies
By David Shamah
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