Monthly Archives: January 2017

Israeli charity helps disabled Arab-Israeli kids

Posted on January 8, 2017

I’ve reported many times previously on Israeli charity Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS) and its work with disabled children.  Here is a recent article about Beit Issie’s Sindian Center in Kalansua, a 22,000-population Arab city in central Israel. http://www.israel21c.org/a-special-place-for-arab-israeli-kids-with-disabilities/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez5zk4bnCao http://en.beitissie.org.il/about/family-advancement-center-kalansua/

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Israelis raise funds for Syrian children

Posted on January 8, 2017

The Israeli “Just Beyond the Border” initiative on the online website Mimoona is raising funds for blankets and medical equipment for delivery directly to Syrians across the border, particularly children. In only 18 days, nearly 7000 Israelis have donated over … Continue reading →

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Israel to treat Aleppo wounded

Posted on January 8, 2017

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his government to extend medical assistance to Syrians injured in the latest round of fighting, especially those from the embattled city of Aleppo. Israeli hospitals will treat wounded women and children, and non-combatant … Continue reading →

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Israeli aid workers in Iraq

Posted on January 8, 2017

Israeli aid workers are part of an official IsraAID mission to assist Yazidi refugees living in displaced person’s camps in Dohuk province, in northern Iraq. One of the priorities is women who have suffered at the hands of the brutal … Continue reading →

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Israelis arrange free surgery for Ethiopian boy

Posted on January 8, 2017

Lori and Doron Bacher from Ra’anana met Nobel Habib in his village in Ethiopia. Nobel could hardly walk due to birth defects. Through Israeli non-profit Ezra LeMarpeh, the Bachers brought Nobel to Israel and then to Boston for surgery to … Continue reading →

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BBC finally admits prostate cancer treatment is Israeli

Posted on January 8, 2017

BBC Radio 4’s Today Program omitted the fact (as newsletter readers know) that the TOOKAD prostate cancer treatment being praised globally, was developed at Israel’s Weizmann Institute.  After protests, BBC News interviewed co-developer Professor Avigdor Scherz. https://www.thejc.com/comment/comment/prostate-cancer-soft-boycott-1.429694 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di3M4asNzRE

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Dual action treatment for aggressive breast cancer

Posted on January 8, 2017

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have made a breakthrough in treating triple negative breast cancer. This cancer lacks three receptors that serve as targets for anti-cancer drugs. However, inhibiting molecules EGFR and PYK2 significantly reduces the size of tumors. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/israeli-research-produces-new-hope-for-breast-cancer-patients/2017/01/01/

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Food supplement can treat FD disorder

Posted on January 8, 2017

Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that a popular food supplement called phosphatidylserine can reverse the effects of the debilitating neurodegenerative disorder Familial Dysautonomia (FD).  It improves the supply route to neurons by reducing levels of enzyme HDAC6. http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/israeli-scientists-say-food-supplement-may-help-reverse-familial-dysautonomia-fd/2016/12/21/ http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1006486

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Life-saving treatments from Kamada

Posted on January 8, 2017

Amir London, CEO of Israeli biotech Kamada, was interviewed on ILTV Daily about Kamada’s protein purification treatments for lung disease and rabies.  Kamada’s Glassia is also being tested for treating Type 1 diabetes, GVHD and the rejection of bone marrow … Continue reading →

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The first kidney dialysis for Sierra Leone

Posted on January 8, 2017

In 2012, MASHAV – Israel Foreign Ministry’s agency for international development cooperation donated the first-ever dialysis unit to Sierra Leone.  Due to the Ebola outbreak, the African country’s first dialysis treatment took place on Dec 15 this year, and a … Continue reading →

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