Israel Active

An Israeli nursing student vacationing in Sri Lanka helped save an 50-year-old Israeli tourist who was injured by a lightning strike while on the beach. Tal Danan (26), is a fourth-year student at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo and had served as a medic in the IDF.

An international research team led by scientists from Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center has used mRNA technology to activate adult stem cells from human bone marrow. It boosts bone marrow regeneration and construction of new blood and immune systems.  

Israel’s emergency medical NGO United Hatzalah now has 2,081 women volunteers (medics, psycho-trauma specialists, midwives, and others) in its Sandberg Women’s Unit. The unit brings together women of diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, to save lives in Israel.

After Onn Manelson’s 13-year-old daughter developed the eating disorder Anorexia, he decided to found Israel’s Thrive Together (see previously) -  a digital app that combines AI with evidence-based practices to help parents navigate their child’s treatment.

Prof. Shai Shen-Orr of Israel’s Technion Institute uses AI tools and innovative methodologies to explore the immune system. His work includes immune age, nutrition, AI for predictive therapy discovery, the Human Immunome Project, , and personalized medicine.

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hadassah Medical Center used DNA methylation (chemical tagging human DNA) to uncover insights into how genes are turned on and off. It could transform the diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases.

The 2025 Israeli Mental Health Technology Landscape Map, by Startup Nation Central and the ICAR Collective and Bezyl, highlights around 120 Israeli companies leveraging AI, automation, and digital platforms to enhance mental health care access and improve treatment outcomes.

Uninsured patients in rural southwest Virginia will receive remote medical monitors from Israel’s TytoCare (see previously) to save hospital visits. Meanwhile, medics in North Dakota with TytoCare devices will visit patients discharged from hospital.

Efrat and Daniel Cohen were delighted when their first child was followed by twins. Now Efrat has given birth to triplets at the Kaplan Medical Centre. Says Efrat: “The staff were amazing, supportive and attentive. We have given the grandmothers a heads-up - double shifts and night shifts if needed.”

Israel’s Stratasys and Europe’s Siemens have used Stratasys’ RadioMatrix™ materials and Digital Anatomy® technology with Siemens Healthineers’ algorithms to produce complex patient-specific anatomical models for pre-surgery planning and education.