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Nathan Jeffay
Nathan Jeffay
An illustrative image of DNA editing (CIPhotos; iStock by Getty Images)
June 4, 2020, 8:10 pm
Israel aiming to enable unprecedented human DNA edits, to help cure illnesses
Genome editing is promising but imprecise, so Israel is setting up a consortium to make technology more exact; hopes to pave the way for pinpointed tweaks to human DNA
By Nathan Jeffay
The new quantum microscope at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. (Nitzan Zohar, Technion spokesperson's office)
June 4, 2020, 6:16 pm
Groundbreaking Israeli microscope can change the face of tech — scientists
Professor Ido Kaminer says he has given the electron microscope the ultimate upgrade — from a machine that takes ‘stills’ to one that ‘makes movies’
By Nathan Jeffay
Iron Dome inventor Dr. Danny Gold (Flash90)
May 28, 2020, 5:26 pm
Israel’s Iron Dome deviser prepares to tackle COVID-19, with 100,000 daily tests
Danny Gold, who oversaw Israel’s best-known missile defense system, has four teams working on 60-second kits for detecting coronavirus
By Nathan Jeffay
Daniel Douek, a principal investigator at the National Institutes of Health (courtesy of Daniel Douek)
May 27, 2020, 11:48 pm
Fauci protégé sending gallons of Israeli blood to US to probe virus mysteries
Finding himself on sabbatical in Israel for the pandemic, Daniel Douek has ended up carving out an important role for the Jewish state in America’s battle against COVID-19
By Nathan Jeffay
The "hospital room of the future," built in the Israel Center for Medical Simulation at Sheba Medical Center (courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)
May 27, 2020, 6:42 am
‘Hospital room of future’ aims to give Israel edge against 2nd virus wave
With robots, virtual reality glasses and early-warning systems to tell doctors if patients look headed for a sudden demise, Sheba Medical Center braces for possible new virus spike
By Nathan Jeffay
Muslim worshipers offer Eid al-Fitr prayer that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at a park in Jaffa, May 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
May 25, 2020, 5:01 pm
Jubilant over low virus rates, Arab Israelis enjoy Eid as pandemic ‘Victory Day’
With lower infection levels than the general population, community’s dearth of retirement homes, abundance of health workers is seen as working to its advantage
By Nathan Jeffay
Two masks that have been modified by Yair Ein-Eli to make them self-cleaning (courtesy of The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
May 25, 2020, 11:48 am
Masks may become self-cleaning, with Israeli scientist’s USB-powered hack
Yair Ein-Eli says that by making disposable masks reusable, he’ll help solve international shortages, boost hygiene and protect the environment
By Nathan Jeffay
Head lice, illustrative (YouTube screenshot)
May 22, 2020, 10:35 am
Scratch that: Lockdown was calamity for head lice, experts say
With Israeli kids barred from play dates, critters got combed to oblivion, says fount of Israel’s nit knowledge; impact could be long-lasting — though not permanent
By Nathan Jeffay
Palestinian workers clear streets and homes in the West Bank city of Nablus on April 3 2020, enabling measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
May 21, 2020, 9:10 pm
Success story? Israel’s coronavirus stats are worse than all its neighbors’
While Israeli leaders hail strategy, nearby countries fare better. ‘They’re wrong to say we did a great job,’ says one former Health Ministry director, but others aren’t so sure
By Nathan Jeffay
Chevra Kadisha workers wearing protective clothes, carry the body of Rabbi Avraham Heber who died from complications of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, at the Shamgar Funeral Home in Jerusalem, on April 23, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 20, 2020, 4:51 pm
Most people we lost to COVID were already near death — Jerusalem hospital chief
Coronavirus ‘tipped over’ patients who would have died of other causes within year, says Shaare Zedek head Ofer Merin
By Nathan Jeffay
Prof. Isaac Ben-Israel at his Tel Aviv University office, June 19, 2017 (DH / ToI staff)
May 20, 2020, 2:57 pm
I was right, says prof who predicted pandemic would play itself out in 70 days
Isaac Ben-Israel says virus disappears everywhere at same speed, rendering interventions irrelevant. Public health expert: He ‘has no clue about epidemiology and public health’
By Nathan Jeffay
Workers wearing protective gears help clean each other's suits after disinfecting against the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, February 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
May 20, 2020, 5:22 am
Scientists: New Israeli disinfectant en route to keep all surfaces virus-free
Instead of having protective-suited staff spraying disinfectant to keep COVID-19 at bay, a single spray of Israeli polymer every few months will suffice, Technion innovators claim
By Nathan Jeffay
In this May 8, 2020, file photo, a team of medical workers wearing respirators and protective gear ready to enter the room of a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at Harborview Medical Center, in Seattle. (AP/Elaine Thompson, File)
May 19, 2020, 5:27 am
FDA okays Israeli company’s AI to detect coronavirus in CT scans
Tel Aviv-developed tech will tell radiologists the moment they’ve scanned a patient who has COVID-19, so they can immediately stop further contamination
By Nathan Jeffay
Illusrative: An Israir flight attendant wearing full protective gear walks next to passengers during an Israir flight between Tel Aviv and Eilat, May 13, 2020. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
May 18, 2020, 9:41 pm
US biggest source by far of Israel’s COVID-19 cases, genome sequencing shows
Team of scientists, drawn from 9 institutions, also assesses 800 ‘super spreaders’ responsible for 80% of those infected
By Nathan Jeffay
A health worker draws blood from a patient for a COVID-19 antibody test at the Volusia County Fairgrounds in DeLand, Florida, on May 5, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
May 18, 2020, 2:50 pm
COVID tests 2.0: An expert explains the IDF’s wide-scale serological screening
Immunologist Mordechai Gerlic has started testing soldiers’ blood, convinced it’s the best way to keep them safe from virus during missions
By Nathan Jeffay
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