Monthly Archives: March 2020

More detail on Israeli coronavirus med-tech

Posted on March 29, 2020

This article focuses on six Israeli startups. RADLogics (diagnoses lung infection), Sight Diagnostics (blood test), Kamada (antibodies), Clew Medical (severity monitoring), EarlySense (home monitoring) and Geneyx Genomex (genetic resistance analysis). https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3803020,00.html http://radlogics.com/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro50KjWWbXg https://geneyx.com/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvjpxVNsLK4

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Coronavirus vaccine from recovered patients

Posted on March 29, 2020

Israel’s Kamada is developing a treatment against the coronavirus derived from the blood-plasma of patients who have recovered from the disease and are in convalescence. Kamada says that the plasma is likely to contain antibodies that can be the basis … Continue reading →

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Intelligent testing for pathogens

Posted on March 29, 2020

Diagnostics.ai is a British company, but almost its entire R&D is based in Israel. The company uses Artificial Intelligence to analyze COVID-19 (or any pathogen) test results automatically. It removes the need for specialists and ensures standardization, accuracy and quality-control. … Continue reading →

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A better mask

Posted on March 29, 2020

The Israeli ViriMASK Protective Oculo-Respirator shields the face and eyes from the coronavirus. It is strapped around the head, with a see-through visor and has a filtering mechanism for the nose and mouth. The device can be washed and reused … Continue reading →

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Barcoding cancer treatments

Posted on March 29, 2020

As reported previously (Nov 2016) Israeli scientists developed nano-packages of anti-cancer treatments, barcoded to identify which is the most effective. Now, Israel’s Barcode Diagnostics sends different chemo in nanoparticles and reads barcodes on the dead tumors to see which one … Continue reading →

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US approval for hammertoe fixing system

Posted on March 29, 2020

Israel’s Ossio (reported here previously) has just received US FDA approval for its OSSIOfiber® Hammertoe Fixation system. The bio-integrative non-metal “intelligent” bone-regeneration implants come in 3 sizes, plus straight and angled configurations, for better customization. https://ossio.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OSSIO-Full-HT-Clearance-Press-Release.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhiHflP1nGE

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One million potential donors

Posted on March 22, 2020

Israeli NGO Ezer Mizion has celebrated an historic milestone of one million registrants for its Bone Marrow database. Before the founding of the registry in 1979 a patient had only an 8% chance of finding a match. Today it is … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Life

Posted on March 22, 2020

Even a virus epidemic can’t stop an Israeli religious Jewish wedding.  The Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem conformed to Ministry of Health restrictions by using its balconies for the guests of the bride and bridegroom. The video conveys some of … Continue reading →

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Another Canaanite city conquered by the Israelites

Posted on March 22, 2020

Archeologists have unearthed the Canaanite city of Lachish (see here for others), that was conquered by the Israelite army, led by Joshua. “And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel,” (Joshua 10:32). https://mfa.gov.il/mfa/israelexperience/history/pages/canaanite-temple-unearthed-at-lachish-17-february-2020.aspx

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Caves where Jews fought the Romans

Posted on March 22, 2020

Dr. Yinon Shivtiel, senior lecturer at Safed Academic College, has identified hundreds of caves in the Galilee used by Jews during the Great Revolt against the Romans almost 2,000 years ago. Described by Josephus, they contained coins, jars, lamps and … Continue reading →

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