Monthly Archives: March 2014

The regenerating Professor

Posted on March 2, 2014

Whilst at Israel’s Weizmann Institute, molecular geneticist Professor Michel Revel developed treatments for MS, ALS and diabetes. Now at 75 years of age, he works at his biotech Kadimastem developing pluripotent stem cells as a regenerative medicine solution for all … Continue reading →

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Mobile app for those at risk of heart attack

Posted on March 2, 2014

Israeli-developed GPS-based CathMaps+ is the world’s first HIPAA-compliant mobile app for those with elevated risk of a cardiac incident. Android and iOS smartphone users share their medical history with cardiologists and tools include maps of the nearest catheterization labs. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4490905,00.html … Continue reading →

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New solutions for heart disease

Posted on March 2, 2014

Israel’s Technion Institute and the Toronto-based University Health Network (UHN) have announced the establishment of the “Technion – UHN International Center for Cardiovascular Innovation”. New ways to treat heart disease can reduce the second leading cause of death in Israel … Continue reading →

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Trials success for cervical cancer test kits

Posted on March 2, 2014

Israel’s Micromedic has reported positive results in its pilot study conducted in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (Union Hospital), a central hospital in Beijing, using the CellDetect product for the detection and identification of cervical cancer. http://www.m-medic.com/Micromedic-reports-success-in-clinical-pilot-of-its-Cervical-Cancer-diagnostic-product-in-a-centeral-hospital-in-Beijing.html

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Type 1 diabetes treatment success

Posted on March 2, 2014

Clinical trials of Alpha 1 Antitrypsin (AAT), developed by Dr Eli Lewis of Ben Gurion University, reduced insulin dependence in Type 1 diabetes sufferers and cured several of the disease. Some physicians are now prescribing AAT as an off-label treatment … Continue reading →

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Safer aircraft

Posted on March 2, 2014

Israel’s Defense Ministry has successfully completed final testing on the “Sky Shield” system that protects commercial planes from missile attacks. A thermal camera integrated with laser technology deflects missiles. European authorities reported eight attempts to launch missiles at airplanes last … Continue reading →

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Cleantech 2014

Posted on March 2, 2014

CleanTech 2014, the 18th annual international event for Clean Technologies at Airport City focused on environmental quality, infrastructures and green building, renewable energy and water technologies. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177769#.UwpOAM6s9-c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02GOG-nE8ZA

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Eleven cyber security awards

Posted on March 2, 2014

Israeli cyber-security companies received eleven awards at the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco. Votiro won gold in the “Innovations in Next Generation Security” category for its software that “sanitizes” any form of data that enters an organization via the … Continue reading →

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Eilat’s ecology recovers

Posted on March 2, 2014

In 2008 Israel relocated its Eilat fish farms to the Mediterranean port of Ashdod to prevent further damage to the Red Sea ecology. Studies have now shown that previously endangered Eilat marine species have recovered and no adverse affects have … Continue reading →

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Better batteries

Posted on March 2, 2014

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has boosted the power of sodium-ion batteries with a new type of anode. Also Israel’s EnStorage received a $1 million grant for its HBr flow battery development. Meanwhile Professor Doron Aurbach of Bar Ilan University … Continue reading →

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