Blood test for Alzheimer’s
An Israeli company’s experimental blood test can detect dementia while the disease is still mild enough to treat more effectively.
Abigail Klein Leichman, a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c from August 2010 until her retirement in March 2024, moved to Israel in 2007. She has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.
An Israeli company’s experimental blood test can detect dementia while the disease is still mild enough to treat more effectively.
By touting the health qualities of dates and getting them to worldwide markets fresh, soft and juicy, Israel’s date growers are helping spark a major growth in world interest.
Hyperbaric treatment revitalizes neurons in damaged brains, Israeli researchers find.
‘What drives me is the idea of building something people use and need and love,’ says Orit Hashay, a rising star among Israeli female CEOs.
The pound-plus pepper, raised on brackish water with natural pesticides, was too large to pass through the packing machinery.
When The First Station opens this spring, it won’t be for railroad passengers but for shoppers, diners and culture buffs.
Sderot Medical Rehabilitation Center will provide missile-hit southern residents physical, occupational, communication, art, sensory and water therapies at no charge.
The Jerusalem Ice Festival returns with massive, colorful ice sculptures and an acrobatic ice-skating performance.
An art cookbook by the chef of Tel Aviv’s Mul-Yam seafood restaurant is a finalist for the most prestigious award in international cookbooks.
TV for dogs, doggie resorts, high-tech pooper scoopers — ISRAEL21c brings you some of the more unusual ways that Israelis are making life better for pooches.
Retired Israeli mechanical engineer invents a simple device that attaches to your car’s wheels for better traction in tough terrain.
Israeli biomed engineering researcher Sarit Sivan received the European Commission’s new prize for innovation and entrepreneurship.
An Israeli atmospheric scientist shows how to measure pollution with data from weather satellites.
Israeli researchers report that cells from the placenta may one day be used to produce human eggs for women who do not ovulate.
Honey & Co. brings Middle East fare to British palates, winning rave reviews from food critics.