Monthly Archives: September 2015

Jeep trip for 150 cancer patients

Posted on September 15, 2015

Israel’s cancer charity Ezer Mizion has just completed its 20th Summer Camp for children and adults with cancer. Its jeep trip is always one of the high points and this year 160 volunteer drivers took 150 cancer sufferers in 14 … Continue reading →

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Disabled enjoy the sea

Posted on September 15, 2015

Israel’s Blue Flag program together with Netanya Municipality arranged for 12 disabled Israelis to enter the Poleg beach using amphibious chairs with wheels. Israel has 23 beaches accessible for disabled people. http://unitedwithisrael.org/wheelchair-bound-israelis-swim-in-ocean-for-first-time/

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Handicapped make music with their bodies

Posted on September 15, 2015

The Grabski Rehabilitation Center in Migdal Haemek has installed a room with cameras and laser sensors, connected to computers and screens. By cutting the laser beams, the 40 patients can control sounds and create a computerized melody. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=28089

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Israeli BioGas for rural Arabs

Posted on September 15, 2015

The portable “anaerobic digester” from Israeli start-up HomeBioGas turns kitchen waste and livestock manure into cooking-gas. It has become popular with Negev Arab Bedouins and rural Palestinian Arabs who previously damaged their health by burning wood or goat manure for … Continue reading →

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Glide – the mainstream video messaging app the deaf are signing up to

Posted on September 15, 2015

Film director Jules Dameron is deaf and uses the Israeli video messaging app Glide to communicate using American Sign Language both on and off the set. Glide has really caught on amongst the deaf community, as the youtube videos in … Continue reading →

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India launches course about Israeli startups

Posted on September 15, 2015

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) is to start a three-credit course on ‘Developing technology partnerships between entrepreneurial firms in India and Israel’. Students will visit Israel and work in India with companies seeking Israeli tech partnerships. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/499000/iimb-students-study-israels-thriving.html

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Beverley Hills partners with Israel

Posted on September 15, 2015

Beverly Hills City Council and Israel have signed a formal partnership. It covers water conservation and management, technology and cyber security, public health, emergency services, disaster preparedness, public safety, counter terrorism and art and culture http://www.canyon-news.com/beverly-hills-and-israel-establish-partnership/38853

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Slowing down aggressive brain cancer

Posted on September 15, 2015

Israel’s Novocure was featured recently on ABC 10 News, which showed Novocure’s TTFields helmet being used to keep a San Diego brain cancer sufferer alive. Novocure is soon to trial TTFields on other solid cancers and has just filed for … Continue reading →

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Israeli device warns of risk to liver

Posted on September 15, 2015

I featured the “liver-on-a-chip” testing device invented by Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists in a previous (Aug 2015) newsletter. The device has now shown that acetaminophen (a readily-available pain relief) can be toxic at far lower doses than previously thought. … Continue reading →

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Huntington’s treatment gets go ahead

Posted on September 15, 2015

The US FDA has approved the application by Israel’s Teva for its SD-809 (deutetrabenazine) treatment for Huntington’s disease. SD-809 was part of Teva’s May acquisition of Auspex and has completed two Phase-III studies. http://www.tevapharm.com/news/?itemid={B77B4464-664B-4DC5-8373-F7D040CE2327}

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