Monthly Archives: January 2016

25 years of friendship with Albania

Posted on January 17, 2016

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama met Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and signed bilateral agreements on medical cooperation and other matters. They also signed a declaration of friendship to mark 25 years of diplomatic relations with Israel. http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=30605

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Rabies vaccine is ready for US market

Posted on January 17, 2016

Following successful trials, Israeli biotech Kamada has launched its KamRAB anti-Rabies vaccine in 10 countries, including Israel. Kamada will now apply for a Biologics License Application (BLA) from the US FDA – the last step before offering a remedy for … Continue reading →

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Blood test for Alzheimer’s

Posted on January 17, 2016

Israeli biotech NeuroQuest is to begin clinical trials of its blood test for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Human trials in Israel have already proved 87% accurate – with blood tests, anything over 70% is considered medically significant. http://www.israel21c.org/blood-test-for-alzheimers-begins-clinical-trials/

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Non-implant heart valve treatment

Posted on January 17, 2016

Israel’s Pi-Cardia has developed the Leaflex Catheter System – a novel non-implant based technology for treating patients with aortic valve stenosis, rather than replacing the heart valve. Pi-Cardia has just raised $10 million to help complete development of a second-generation … Continue reading →

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Faster diagnosis of a heart attack

Posted on January 17, 2016

Dr Amos Danielli, now of Israel’s Bar-Ilan University, developed technology at Tel Aviv University to identify minute quantities of chemicals using magnetic particles attached to fluorescent molecules. One use is to detect the protein Troponin, an indicator of an imminent … Continue reading →

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Israel hosts emergency response conference

Posted on January 17, 2016

Israel hosted hundreds of delegates from 30 countries, plus the World Health Organization, at the Fourth Israeli International Conference on Healthcare System, Preparedness and Response to Emergencies and Disasters in Tel Aviv and Beersheva. http://www.israel21c.org/200-international-er-specialists-gather-in-israel/

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Helping us get to 120

Posted on January 17, 2016

Israeli-born Technion graduate Dr Nir Barzilai is now director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. As he approaches his 60th birthday himself, he is working with the US FDA on … Continue reading →

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Art depicts Jewish Biblical land deals

Posted on January 10, 2016

The three Jewish purchases of land recorded in the Torah are depicted in a painting by the artist Baruch Nachshon. The picture of Hebron’s Cave of Machpelah, Shechem’s (Nablus) Joseph’s Tomb and Jerusalem’s Temple now hangs prominently in Israel’s Foreign … Continue reading →

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Saving an endangered species

Posted on January 10, 2016

Here is a new video of Israel’s unique Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBAxAVvceIU

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A journey

Posted on January 10, 2016

This blog posting from one of cancer charity Ezer Mizion’s children is a moving account of his/her physical and spiritual journey from treatment to remission. http://www.ezermizion.org/blog/a-journey/

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