Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020, or nearly one in six deaths. [World Health Organization] Cancer research aims to identify causes and develop strategies for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure. Cancer research ranges from epidemiology, molecular bioscience to the performance of clinical trials to evaluate…
Thirty-three percent of students suffering from hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have improved and remained so even four months after treatment with computerized progressive attention training (CPAT) developed at Tel Aviv University. That’s compared to improvement in symptoms among only 11% of those who participated in a parallel protocol of mindfulness training. The improvements from traditional drug…
Mitochondria are the energy factory of every cell in our bodies. Malfunctioning or mutated mitochondria are at the root of a wide range of ailments. A novel technique under development in Israel by Minovia Technologies, mitochondrial augmentation therapy (MAT), is being tested on children with rare, untreatable mitochondrial diseases. To test the efficacy of the…
The magazine publishes a selection of 250 hospitals from around the world with the best…
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease after…
Scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have made a potentially revolutionary discovery…
Dr. Ben Corn is a professor of oncology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the deputy director of Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Cancer Center, where he is preparing…
Israeli startup Tamar Robotics is developing a trailblazing procedure that could take the place of…
Israel’s Nanomedic Technologies has developed the Spincare System, a spray-on, breathable “skin substitute” for burns and other wounds. Nanomedic is a bio-medical company specializing in clinical research and electrospinning medical devices. Spincare is especially good for burns because it is contactless. The flexible covering — which is shot out of a hand-held medical gun —…
A treatment developed by Prof. Nadir Arber and administered at Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) has shown promising early results.
WOW! FACTS
Inventor of the mobile phone, “Father of the Internet,” inventor of the video game cosole, inventor fo the laser, inventor of the gramophone, creator of the Barbie Doll, creator of the cruise ship, “Father of Immunology,” inventor fo the modern condom (!), a prime minister of the U.K., a three-time prime minister of France, a president of Switzerland and the primary financier of the American Revolution?
We knew you could guess… all of them are (or were) Jews!
To learn about these and many more AmazingJews, watch a compilation put together by JewOfTheWeek.net in 2015 and posted on YouTube. >>
Nobel Prizes
Although Jews are less than two-tenths of one percent of the world’s population, more than 20% of Nobel Prize winners have been Jewish. Source: Google
Polio Vaccine
Millions and millions of people worldwide have been spared the ravages of poliomyelitis — including paralysis and even death — thanks to research conducted by Jewish scientist Dr. Jonas Salk and his team. The Salk vaccine entered widespread use in the U.S. in 1955. Source: Wikipedia
Miss Liberty
The words “…give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” on the Statue of Liberty were written by Emma Lazarus, a Jew. Source: BuzzFeed
Blue Jeans
Levi Strauss, an immigrant from Germany, invented his blue jeans in 1873. Source: BuzzFeed
Start-Up Nation
Israel has the third highest rate of entrepreneurship in the world. It has the highest rate of entrepreneurship among women and people over 55 in the world. Source: BuzzFeed