IsraelViagra could be medics’ secret weapon against breast cancer, Israeli research findsWhile the little blue pill is marketed as a gentleman’s bedroom aid, scientists as the Weizmann Institute found that it can also slow the rate at which aggressive cancers spreadBy John Jeffay3 min read
ObituaryVisionary chemist Rudolph ‘Rudy’ A Marcus, dies aged 102Marcus won the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and was just five days shy of his 103rd birthdayBy Siam Goorwich3 min read
IsraelIsraeli scientists find parents smoking outside increase risk of nicotine addiction in childrenThe researchers also found that so-called ‘third-hand smoke’ carried into the home on clothing and hair can still impact the health of young childrenBy Dalia Zimmerman1 min read
IsraelHearing loss hope after breakthrough by Israeli scientistsDiscovery raises possibility that damaged hair cells can be regrown – a process previously thought to be impossibleBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
ScienceMen’s testosterone levels drop by 50% and household products could be to blame, say Israeli scientistsHebrew University team found that men’s average testosterone levels had halved over the past 50 yearsBy JC Reporter1 min read
ScienceIsraeli scientists work out how cancer hijacks immune systemThe finding could eventually lead to new treatmentsBy Pesach Benson1 min read
ScienceIsraeli scientists in ovarian cancer vaccine breakthroughNew discovery raises hope for treatment of disease that claims the lives of 4,000 women in UK each yearBy John Jeffay4 min read
Now that’s cracking: Israeli scientists invent the ‘safe peanut’Over time, the new peanut trains the immune system of people with the allergy to accept the foodBy John Jeffay2 min read||May 14, 2026 12:48
‘We’re trained to think about what is impossible – and then we try to do it’Ben Conway meets a university professor at the forefront of Israel’s food technology revolutionBy Ben Conway3 min read||May 7, 2026 17:58
Cheers to that! The Israeli startup developing an anti-ageing beerThe biotechnology firm is working to create a ‘functional beer’ that could help to boost longevityBy Jamie Shapiro2 min read||April 21, 2026 17:16
Israeli scientists in schizophrenia treatment breakthroughThe researchers’ technique ‘cured’ two monkeys using electrical impulsesBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||February 24, 2026 11:12
Pioneering trauma expert wins science award for PTSD and psychedelics researchProfessor Rachel Yehuda has been awarded the 2026 Dr Gertrude Herzfeld PrizeBy Siam Goorwich1 min read||February 23, 2026 15:55
Israeli researchers make pioneering breakthrough in diabetes treatmentThe development could one day eliminate the need for insulin shotsBy Ben Conway1 min read||February 15, 2026 10:53
Israeli researchers announce breakthrough in prostate cancer treatmentA separate study has identified a way in which breast cancer can metastasise to the brainBy JC Reporter2 min read||January 7, 2026 17:19
Treatment for advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma achieves 100% one-year survival rateResearchers called it ‘a true revolution in Hodgkin lymphoma care’By Siam Goorwich1 min read||December 12, 2025 13:40
Israeli study offers hope for cancer survivors struggling with ‘chemobrain’Up to 80 per cent of cancer survivors experience cancer-related cognitive impairmentBy Jamie Shapiro1 min read||December 8, 2025 15:06
