#MedicalScientists say single dose of compound developed at #Ben-GurionUniversity could speed up #eggmaturation and #ovulation By SHOSHANNA SOLOMON #Israeliresearchers say they may have found a new compound that can help #boostfertility in both men and women. #BGNTechnologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University (BGU), said this week that researchers at the university are developing [...]
May 01, 2018 - RESEARCH Inspired by tiny structures on transparent #butterflywings, scientists have developed a light-#manipulatingsurface for more effective and longer-lasting #eyeimplants for #glaucoma patients. Sections of the wings of a #longtailglasswing #butterfly are almost perfectly transparent, according to the research published in the journal Nature #Nanotechnology. Researchers at California Institute of Technology [...]
NovellusDx CEO: The funds will let us move into commercialization and enable us to meet the need for functional oncology worldwide. #Israeli #functionalgenomics and #cancer profiling company #NovellusDx today announced it has completed a $6 million #financing round with the participation of Helsinn #InvestmentFund S.A. SICAR, part of Helsinn Group, a leading cancer care [...]
Tova Cohen | Reuters Biologists work in a laboratory at Pluristem Therapeutics in Haifa. A laboratory worker removes cells from a storage unit at Pluristem Therapeutics in Haifa, Israel March 6, 2016. REUTERS/BAZ RATNER (Reuters) - Pluristem Therapeutics Inc, a developer of #placenta-based #stemcell products, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the [...]
by Nick Paul Taylor | FierceBiotech | Apr 30, 2018 United #Therapeutics has struck a $216 million deal to buy #SteadyMed. The acquisition enables United to eliminate a potential threat by taking control of a #startup that has been fighting to invalidate its patents and mount a #pump-based attack on its #pulmonaryarterialhypertension (PAH) #franchise. SteadyMed’s pitch for the [...]
APRIL 11, 2018 | NanoMagazine Scientists at Bath University have developed a wearable sensor that measures glucose levels through the skin, an advance that could mark the end of finger-prick blood tests for diabetics. The non-invasive patch is said to draw glucose from fluid between cells across hair follicles, which are accessed via an array of [...]
V-Wave develops a minimally #invasive #implanted #shuntdevice for treating patients with severe #heartfailure Meir Orbach | 26.04.18 | CTech Israeli #medical shunt #developer V-Wave Ltd. announced on Thursday it completed a $70 million series C financing round led by U.S. #investment firm Deerfield Management Company, L.P. with participation from medtech funds Endeavour Vision SA, Quark Venture [...]
News| Globes The company is developing a drug for treatment of cystic fibrosis. Eloxx Pharmaceuticals, which develops drugs for rare genetic diseases, announced that it has raised $50 million at $9.75 per share, 8% lower than yesterday's market price. The company will be listed on Nasdaq following its financing round. Eloxx, which merged a [...]
Multinational study expected to include clinical sites in U.S. Israel and Europe, where study has been awarded an $8.7 million grant from European Horizon 2020 Program April 25, 2018 07:00 ET | HAIFA, Israel, April 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pluristem Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:PSTI) (TASE:PSTI), a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapy products, announced today that the U.S. [...]
APRIL 18, 2018 | Research | NanoMagazine Medicine has been around for thousands of years, but as always, medicine is changing. Throughout the years, humans have switched from apothecary to packing active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) into #ingestibleDrugs, and now, #nanomedicine is developing into the medicine of the future. Here, we look at how nanomedicine is being [...]