Monthly Archives: August 2025

Kidney grown in the lab

Posted on August 10, 2025

Scientists from Sheba Medical Center and Tel Aviv University have taken human kidney tissue stem cells and grown a 3D organ culture (organoids) to 34 weeks maturity – the longest-lasting and purest ever developed. It will advance research into kidney … Continue reading →

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Can you fight bacteria in space

Posted on August 10, 2025

Researchers at Sheba Medical Center have sent a groundbreaking scientific experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). It will study how space conditions – especially microgravity – influence bacterial virulence and resistance to antibiotics. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-experiment-on-bacteria-heads-to-international-space-station/

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Reviving research terminated by the Nazis

Posted on August 10, 2025

An Israeli-led team has been awarded a $1.2 million grant by the prestigious Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP). It will study epigenetic inheritance –traits acquired from the environment can be passed to descendants. This research begun by Jewish scientists came … Continue reading →

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Agetech startups showcase in LA.

Posted on August 10, 2025

Meet 8 Israeli AgeTech medical startups at UCLA. Lunchtime on Aug 12. Buzzy, Effectivate, Eyeclick, Kemtai, Opmed.ai, Physiclean, Quai.MD & ROBE-Health.  RSVP [email protected] asap, if you wish to attend. Dietary laws observed. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/76dj8o6ecw5mkm6p7a5ci/Agetech-and-Rehabilitation-Delegation-West-Coast-Catalog.pdf?rlkey=dr8bo0tkvk5f1kn699l3rxkec&e=1&dl=0 https://www.buzzyplatform.com/ https://effectivate.com/ https://physiclean.com/ https://robe-health.com/

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Safer medical devices

Posted on August 10, 2025

Israel’s C2A Security (see here previously) has partnered with US-based Medcrypt to integrate their security protection facilities. It ensures that every software component and artifact in a medical device is traceable, authenticated, and tamper-proof, from development through post-market updates. https://www.ourcrowd.com/startup-news/c2a-security-and-medcrypt-forge-partnership-to-elevate-medical-device-security

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A missing gene and the Goldilocks principle

Posted on August 10, 2025

Researchers at Israel’s Weimann Institute have diagnosed a rare genetic disease that delays child development. Sufferers are missing the gene Chaserr which controls CHD2 protein production. Too much CHD2 causes the disease; too little CHD2 is linked to autism and … Continue reading →

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Bionic limbs approved for Shabbat use

Posted on August 10, 2025

The latest Tehumin journal from the Zomet Institute of Halacha and Technology includes rulings that prosthetics (even controlled by electronic sensors) are a basic part of the body. Therefore all use (including reassembling & rebooting after sleeping) may be performed … Continue reading →

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Rare Jewish seal impression found in Jerusalem

Posted on August 10, 2025

A rare First Temple-era seal impression (bulla) bearing a Hebrew inscription was unearthed three weeks ago by the Temple Mount Sifting Project. It reads, “Yed[a‛]yah (son of) Asayahu.” Asayahu was a servant of King Josiah of Judah who found a … Continue reading →

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What Bibi gave Donald

Posted on August 10, 2025

Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu presented President Donald Trump with two deeply symbolic gifts. The first was a mezuzah shaped like a B-2 stealth bomber, crafted from shrapnel from an Iranian missile. The second was a dollar bill, given to Rabbi … Continue reading →

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UK newspaper “discovers” the Ark of the Covenant

Posted on August 10, 2025

The UK Daily Mail featured Israel’s archaeological discoveries at Shiloh – the site of the Biblical Tabernacle for hundreds of years after the Children of Israel first entered the Land of Israel. (You may need to temporarily disable your ad-blocker … Continue reading →

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