2017 was the year of all records for the Israeli innovation ecosystem; $ 5.24 billion was raised by the Israeli early-stage start-ups, against $ 4.8 billion in 2016, with an average amount of the entry ticket of $ 10 million. The establishment of…
New gene single therapy treatment, developed at Sheba, use viruses to implant new genes into patients’ cells. A single dose of new ground-breaking treatment might be enough to arrest or cure hemophilia. New gene single therapy treatment, developed at Sheba,…
The Israeli government has officially launched the new incentive scheme for rooftop solar PV, which it submitted for public consultation last December. The scheme, which is expected to enable the deployment of around 1.6 GW of rooftop PV capacity over the…
The eastern Mediterranean — an area that covers Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and southern Turkey — is experiencing monumental climate changes poised to significantly affect regional ecosystems and human health. According to a new Tel Aviv University study, these…
International automotive technology provider ERM Advanced Telematics is set to expand its offering of products and services to vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) and importers over the coming year. ERM plans to expand its portfolio in order to provide vehicle manufacturers and importers tools to strengthen…
In-depth reports on the Israeli economy published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), two of the world’s leading economic research institutions, come to the same conclusion: congestion Israel is the country’s…
The sequencing of the human genome has made it possible: nowadays scientists can discover potential disorders for which there are no known patients. Such a disorder is ‘MPS III-E’, originally also called ‘Dierks’s disorder’ after its discoverer. Doctors at the…
Jerusalem water corporation Hagihon has extended its agreement with TaKaDu, a global leader in Integrated Event Management solutions, for another three years. Hagihon has been using TaKaDu as its main tool for water loss reduction since 2010, with significant cost…
A team of astronomers led by Prof. Judd Bowman of Arizona State University unexpectedly stumbled upon “dark matter,” the most mysterious building block of outer space, while attempting to detect the earliest stars in the universe through radio wave signals,…
The long term research objective of the Shen-Orr Systems Immunology Lab is to understand how immunity is orchestrated in man and to apply this knowledge towards advancing genomic medicine. To achieve this goal, we combine experimental and computational approaches to cover three main themes, spanning…
