Monthly Archives: April 2016

Bionic heart patch unveiled

Posted on April 10, 2016

Tel Aviv Professor Tal Dvir has unveiled his remote-controlled, bionic heart patch, which researchers say could become a revolutionary alternative to heart transplants for patients whose hearts have been damaged by heart attacks or cardiac disease.  (See also Oct 2014 … Continue reading →

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Sleep apnea solution goes global

Posted on April 10, 2016

At the 13th International Dead Sea Symposium on Innovations in Technology, Treatment & Prevention of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Israel’s Itamar Medical announced that 60 international hospitals have now adopted Itamar’s Total Sleep Solution.  (see 17th May newsletter) http://www.timesofisrael.com/how-sleep-apnea-causes-heart-attacks-and-how-israeli-tech-helps/

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An implant to treat spinal degenerative disc disease

Posted on April 10, 2016

Israel’s Rainbow Medical is working with with Medos International Sarl (part of Johnson & Johnson) to develop a minimally invasive implant to treat spinal degenerative disc disease – which has no current cure and leads to acute chronic back pain. … Continue reading →

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Fighting the Zika virus

Posted on April 10, 2016

One of the Grand Challenge Israel winners is Israeli startup BioFeed.  It will use the 500,000-shekel prize money to advance its solution in the fight against the Aedes aegypti mosquito, carrier of the Zika virus. Biofeed uses odor to attract … Continue reading →

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Fish virus identified

Posted on April 10, 2016

Israeli scientists have helped isolate a deadly virus that is killing both wild and farmed tilapia fish – an important global food source.  Tilapia eat algae and are essential for freshwater quality. The tilapia lake virus is related to the … Continue reading →

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A safer Shabbat hotplate

Posted on April 3, 2016

After a hotplate caused a deadly Brooklyn house fire in 2015, an Israeli designer, Rafi Gabbay, developed a safer version.  HotMat, is a new foldable 4-ring hotplate, to give observant Jews a safe, portable and rabbinically sanctioned method of heating … Continue reading →

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Protecting wildlife

Posted on April 3, 2016

As forecast, in my March 2013 newsletter, the eco-bridge over Highway 1 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv is now being constructed.  Wildlife will soon be able to cross the highway in safety. http://www.israel21c.org/why-do-foxes-jackals-and-hyenas-cross-israels-highway-1/

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Israel’s Christian minority

Posted on April 3, 2016

Shadi Khalloul writes that Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Christians and other minorities grow in freedom and safety with full democratic rights. Christians fill all types of high positions including a Supreme Court Judge, Salim … Continue reading →

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Support for pro-Israel activists

Posted on April 3, 2016

The Kadima Fund, a bottom-up online resource center for grass roots pro-Israel initiatives, has just been launched.  It will offer advice, materials, contacts, professional resources, financial assistance, and more, to pro-Israel Activists in local, grassroots initiatives.  Could it help me? … Continue reading →

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Jacob sheep will return to the Holy Land

Posted on April 3, 2016

On a small farm 43 miles east of Vancouver, British Columbia, Jenna and Gil Lewinsky, an Israeli husband and wife, are raising around 130 Jacob sheep – mentioned in Genesis. The Lewinskys plan to take the sheep to Israel this … Continue reading →

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