Biotech

Startup wants to grow “headless humans” to replace lab animals

Researchers describe brainless, lab-grown human bodies engineered to host full organ systems and study disease without consciousness.

 The four-story ‘Clore Person, with inflatable organs that are activated by climbing inside the giant statue
Noam Solomon, CEO of Immunai, is using AI technology to map a key part of the human physiology – the immune system – and help discover and develop therapeutics that will ultimately save lives.

Israeli mathematician uses AI to decode human immune system

Visitors walk across salt formations along the receding shoreline of the Dead Sea, a stark sign of the region’s growing environmental crisis.

Israel's overlooked challenge: Environmental damage from two years of war - from the editor

 CEO and co-founder of Immunai Noam Solomon.

Immunai, Bristol Myers Squibb sign AI immune-data collaboration


AION Labs unveils TenAces start-up, will use AI to predict molecular glues

The company aims to improve the success rate of the discovery of treatments for a range of conditions.

 AION Labs participants work on their proposals ahead of their final presentations.

Israel’s cell-based coffee: Sustainable solution to brewing industry challenges?

Due to climate change, within the next two decades, there is an expected 50% reduction in areas suitable for growing coffee.

 Pluri's new cell-based coffee

Profuse Technology achieves 80% faster muscle growth for cultivated meat

A cultivated meat company has developed a new method for promoting muscle growth in the lab • the new technique enhances protein content by a factor of five, with tissue reaching maturity in just 48h

Profuse's 3D cultivated meat

Innovation Authority puts NIS 113 million toward Bio-Convergence development

The move is a significant step forward in Israel's goal of becoming a global leader in the bio-convergence field.

CHIP-BASED artificial organs such as this ‘liver,’ could one day replace animal experiments, researchers hope.

IL MAKIAGE invests in the future of AI cosmetics


TAU Prof. Dan Peer appointed as member of American National Academy of Engineering

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE),has announced the appointment of Prof. Dan Peer from TAU as a Member of the Academy, in recognition of his groundbreaking research.

 Prof. Dan Peer

Biomica raises $20m. to advance pipeline of microbiome-based therapeutics

The financing round will be led by Shanghai Healthcare Capital, meaning it's subject to the clearance of Chinese regulatory authorities.

 Biomica microbiome-based therapeutics

Israel develops cutting edge medication technology

The research was led by doctoral student Itai Katzir and supervised by Dr. Ayala Lampel from TAU’s Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research at the Wise Faculty of Life Sciences.

 Efficient encapsulation of molecules – a major technological challenge – makes possible a high loading capacity of molecules.

New at-home brain monitoring solution launched by X-trodes, Emotiv

The collaboration pairs X-trodes’ wearable sensing technology with EmotivPRO, EMOTIV’s EEG data platform for neuroscience research.

X-trodes wearable solution

Israeli breakthrough company seeks to use cells to improve quality of life

The biotechnology company Pluri, is expanding its activities and establishing strategic collaborations for the development and marketing of food-tech and pharmaceutical products.

 THE CELL expansion process takes place in Pluri’s clean rooms.