Marcelle Machluf, child of a Moroccan immigrant who couldn't read or write, is seeking investors for what could be a revolutionary tumor drug-delivery platform

'I stand on the shoulders of giants,' says incoming head, who has been with the institute since 1991

Hebrew University, Israel's best university slips 8 places to 162 out of 1,000 institutions ranked by the QS World University Rankings; Technion slips 10 places to 257 globally

Applied with a glue gun, the melted polymer works both externally and internally, and is nontoxic, flexible and biodegradable, researchers say

Tel Aviv University registered 37 patents in the United States last year, ranking 66th; Technion is 75th, with 32 patents, according to academic and trade groups