Monthly Archives: June 2012

Human skin cells turn into heart cells.

Posted on June 3, 2012

Israeli researchers at the Technion and Rambam hospital in Haifa are the first scientists to reprogram healthy stem cells from the skin of heart patients and turn them into healthy heart cells. In the next decade, the scientists predict that … Continue reading →

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Surgeons use Israel’s Kinect

Posted on June 3, 2012

The BBC did an excellent feature about UK trials of Microsoft’s Kinect gaming device being used for touch-less surgery. Pity they didn’t mention (surprise, surprise) that it is Israeli technology. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18238356 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect

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Clue to Hepatitus B in Korean mummy

Posted on June 3, 2012

A joint Israeli-South Korean scientific team has been able to analyse the evolution and spread of the Hepatitus B virus from studying a recently discovered 16th Century mummified Korean child. Hebrew University researchers compared ancient and modern DNA sequences. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120529102256.htm

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US approves Israeli endoscope

Posted on June 3, 2012

The US Food and Drugs Administration has approved a special device for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The SRS endoscope already had Europe’s CE Mark certification and can now be used on patients with GERD – at least 5% of … Continue reading →

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Hope for cure to inherited mental retardation

Posted on June 3, 2012

In the Benvenisty laboratory at the Hebrew University, scientists have identified a chemical compound that restored normal gene expression to mutated neuronal cells of patients with Fragile X syndrome – i.e. severe mental retardation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-stem-cell-paves-fragile-retardation.html

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Israeli storage is Flash

Posted on June 3, 2012

Big article in ComputerWorld magazine publicising Israel as the land where the USB flash drive was invented and where innovative companies such as Anobit and XtremIO are drawing American companies to their shores in droves to get a piece of … Continue reading →

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Still photos from video

Posted on June 3, 2012

Israel-based Macadamia Apps, have developed StillShot that analyses videos taken on an iPhone and extracts each frame as an individual photo. http://thenextweb.com/apps/2012/05/14/stillshot-lets-you-easily-extract-images-from-your-iphone-videos/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8UExl8vJKHM

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Israeli teens win international prizes

Posted on June 3, 2012

Israeli religious high school students won third place out of 1,500 candidates – in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh. Nerya Stroh and Gal Oren, designed AquaStop – a user-friendly computerized device that detects and stops water … Continue reading →

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Intel opens computational intelligence centre in Israel

Posted on June 3, 2012

“It was only natural that when we started to think about where we’d might locate a new research institute that we’d want to look at Israel,” said Justin Rattner, Intel’s Chief Technology Officer. The Israel Technion and Hebrew University will … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem – capital of Jewish innovation

Posted on June 3, 2012

There are more Jewish social innovators in Israel’s capital city than in any other city in the world. http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-capital-of-jewish-innovation/

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