Israeli researchers claim to have developed a material that speeds up the repair of damaged nerves using electricity. This ultra-thin material – a kind of high-tech fabric – can be wrapped around damaged nerves inside the body and allow light-derived electricity to flow through them after the wound has closed. Its inventors, from the Technion …
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Twelve Israeli cancer patients will soon start treatment with pills containing faecal bacteria, as part of a clinical trial to assess the effect of the new therapy on the overall efficacy of immunotherapy. Scientists from Rehovot-based pharmaceutical company Biomica studied data on the bacterial balance of faeces in a large number of cancer patients. They …
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A technology developed and deployed in Israel can alert doctors to divergent treatment regimens that could lead their patients to hospital. Many elderly patients end up in hospital because of drug interactions or when treatments are not adapted to the latest tests. This phenomenon is called, in medical jargon, “suboptimal polypharmacy”. Receive our free daily …
