Israeli hospital uses AI to take paperwork off doctors and give patients more time
Sheba Medical Center now uses an assistant that drafts clinical notes from the conversation, in Hebrew, English, Arabic and Russian.
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Tel Aviv University turns 70: from 24 students to 235,000 graduates
The university reviewed seven decades: 202 European Research Council grants, 12 nanosatellites launched and a natural history museum with six million specimens.
AI born in an Israeli hospital aims to detect breast cancer earlier
PinkStar, created in Sheba Medical Center’s innovation ecosystem, will work with Mount Sinai in New York to improve breast MRI reading.
Researchers find the “switch” that decides whether a stressed cell survives or dies
Ben-Gurion University scientists identified a mechanism cancer cells use to resist chemotherapy and which also operates in the heart.
Tel Aviv University hits record 25,500 students as demand for health degrees grows
5,120 new students are starting, 10% more than last year, and demand for physiotherapy has risen by almost a third.
Ketamine relieves pain and alters consciousness through different brain mechanisms
A Tel Aviv University study of 37 volunteers shows the two effects are not linked, opening the door to painkillers without dissociation.
Ovarian tissue frozen for 23 years leads to the birth of a baby
At Sheba Medical Center, a woman who preserved tissue before cancer treatment at 17 had a son in September, in what is believed to be a world record.
99-million-year-old insect trapped in amber had a “trunk” almost twice its body length
Tel Aviv University researchers described a new species, nicknamed “Noo-Noo”, that probably fed on sap through cracks in tree bark.
AI models recommend few unnecessary medical tests, Israeli study finds
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University and Clalit tested six models on hundreds of clinical cases: only 5.4% of responses suggested unneeded tests or treatments.
300-metre section of a 2,000-year-old aqueduct that carried water to Jerusalem uncovered
The ancient engineering work ran on gravity alone and will be displayed at the entrance of a new neighbourhood.
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