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Professor Andrew Levy of the Israel Technion describes the test that can discover which diabetics are also susceptible to heart disease. He also developed treatment using Vitamin E that has a dramatic effect on survival times for affected individuals.

20 years after his retirement, Hebrew University emeritus Professor Nathan Citri developed a novel kit enabling speedy detection of multi-drug and extremely antibiotics-resistant “superbugs”.

Researchers at Hadassah University Hospital have discovered that four genes generate an anti-aging effect on women who conceive naturally after age 45. The findings were the result of a genetic study of ultra-Orthodox Ashkenazi women from Mea She'arim who have at least six children.

Israel’s Can-Fite BioPharma has reported successful pre-clinical trials of CF101 for the treatment of anterior uveitis – the inflammation of the iris. An earlier trial found CF101 effective in treating posterior uveitis – inflammation of the retina. Uveitis is a common cause of blindness in the USA.

Ben Gurion University’s V-Smart drug delivery technology has been licensed to a New York biotechnology company. Lauren Sciences will develop the technology for treating Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS / Lou Gehrig’s), and brain malignancies.

2010 figures show that only 2.2% of heart attack victims died soon afterwards. This compared to 16.2% in the USA. Lives are saved due to expanded treatment facilities plus the use of catheter angiographies, to determine the need to unblock arteries immediately on admission.

Multinational cosmetics firm L’Oreal and UNESCO have named a Weizmann Institute biologist “Europe’s top young researcher.” For her work in researching probiotics to treat disease, Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky will receive a two-year $40,000 postdoctoral scholarship.

Israel’s 2012 Young Nanotechnology Researcher is Professor Ze’ev Zalevsky of Bar-Ilan University. His invention - the “Opto-Phone” – can read an individual’s medical information (heartbeat, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels) remotely. A laser beam, an advanced camera and sensitive software, use nano-photonics to detect movement on the surface of the body.

Israel’s Teva Pharmaceuticals is to sell, in the US and UK, Quetiapine Fumarate tablets – the company’s version of AstraZeneca’s Seroquel schizophrenia treatment.