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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.

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.

Hebrew University Professor Dan Gazit is one of the winners of this year’s Kaye Innovation Award for his breakthrough in the field of stem cell-based bone tissue regeneration technology.

Israeli biotech IceCure has been awarded its 8th US patent, this time for the application of liquid and gaseous nitrogen as part of its non-invasive treatment of removing benign breast tumours.