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The Israeli government has added another NIS 20 million to the current NIS 50 million funding for Bar Ilan’s new Faculty of Medicine in the Galilee.

New Israeli bio-techs are working on treating Toxic Shock syndrome, autoimmune diseases, cancer drugs interaction, arthritis and Alzheimer’s. A new fund could help them succeed.

This wonderful film features Professor Gera Neufeld of Israel’s Technion whose team discovered the LOXL2 enzyme and has led to drug treatments for cancer and fibrosis.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Israeli biotech Bioness’ H200 Wireless Hand Rehabilitation System for treating hand paralysis brought on by strokes, spinal injury etc.

Israel’s InSightec Ltd. today reported success in a clinical trial of its noninvasive focused ultrasound ExAblate Neuro system to treat chronic neurological disorders.

At least 200 medical clowns from America, Europe and Australia will attend the October convention. Dream Doctors, funded by Magi Foundation, helped set up the world's only undergraduate degree program in clown therapy as a paramedical profession at the University of Haifa.

Father and son, Yehuda and Israel Pilosof, work around the clock making prosthetic limbs for survivors of disasters such as the Haiti earthquake. Their life motto is “make possible what is impossible”.

Israel’s BioProtect has developed a biodegradable balloon that creates a physical separation between tumours and healthy tissues during radiation therapy, reducing damage to healthy tissue.

Israel’s CureTech Ltd. announced the final successful results of its Phase II clinical trial of CT-011 stem cell treatment of Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma.

Israeli biotech Pluristem Therapeutics has announced that initial animal studies found that its placental stem cells can treat Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS).