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At the age of 101, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, the leader of the Lithuanian haredi Orthodox community, underwent successful carotid artery surgery in Jerusalem.

was developed 40 years ago. Liposome’s co-inventor, Prof. Yechezkel Barenholz was honoured on his 70th birthday. He hosted a Liposome conference to 300 international specialists.

BreathID from Israel’s Exalenz Bioscience has been installed at 50 hospitals to detect Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacterium, a cause of peptic ulcers.

The earlier illness can be detected, the better. With Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI).Weizmann scientists can detect autism in the brains of toddlers without them even noticing.

We spotted this article in the Rotary Club’s on-line magazine. The UK charity has sponsored 8 Romanian children to be operated on by surgeons at Israel’s Save A Child’s Heart.

Babysense from Israel’s Hisense monitors breathing and prevents Sudden Infant Death. Ben Gurion Uni students have now built Baby Beat which detects changes in heart rhythm and skin tone.

Europe’s medicine Agency EMEA has accepted Israel’s Prolor Biotech plan for a clinical trial of its long-acting human growth hormone (hGH-CTP) in children in Europe.

Haifa-based Pluristem’s unique PLX cells have been selected for development into a product for treating pulmonary hypertension, which (if untreated) can lead to heart failure.

Prof. Michael Ovadia and scientists at Tel Aviv University have isolated CEppt, from cinnamon and used it to stop the progression of Alzheimer's in mice.

We weren’t sure whether to include this, but halitosis (bad breath) can be a big problem. So Israeli start-up Breezy’s candy that destroys the offensive bacteria on the tongue could be a breath of fresh air.