Monthly Archives: September 2020

Expanding digital health across USA

Posted on September 23, 2020

Israel’s DarioHealth (reported here previously) is partnering US giant HMC Healthworks to incorporate DarioHealth’s digital therapeutics solution into HMC’s comprehensive care management programs.  The platform will also be offered on a stand-alone basis. https://www.prnewswire.com/il/news-releases/dariohealth-and-hmc-healthworks-announce-partnership-agreement-301134581.html

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Printing lungs & kidneys

Posted on September 23, 2020

Good article about Israel’s Collplant (reported here previously) and its technology that turns tobacco leaves into bio-ink for printing human organs. Collplant, together with United Therapeutics Corporation have already made lung parts and will now start working on printing replacement … Continue reading →

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Israel hosts Covid-19 conference

Posted on September 23, 2020

Israel hosted an online conference to discuss cooperation on fighting the coronavirus. It comprised science ministers of Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Peru, Poland, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. https://unitedwithisrael.org/israel-hosts-international-conference-for-18-ministers-on-fight-against-covid-19/

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That 3D-printed heart

Posted on September 23, 2020

Back in 2019 there was much excitement when Tel Aviv University scientists 3D-printed the first heart produced from human tissue (reported here previously). What was not reported was that the technology itself was licensed to Tel Aviv University from award-winning … Continue reading →

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Know your enemy

Posted on September 23, 2020

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute and the Israel Institute for Biological Research have identified four new proteins and 19 peptides that Covid-19 infected patients produce. They believe that these may help the virus to replicate, so targeting them could lead … Continue reading →

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They will all come to Jerusalem

Posted on September 13, 2020

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera said that his country will establish an embassy in Jerusalem – the first African nation to do so. Chad may follow. Kosovo too said that its first Israeli embassy will also be in Jerusalem.  And Honduras … Continue reading →

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Jewish soldiers were literate in 600 BCE

Posted on September 13, 2020

Handwriting experts from the Israeli police and Tel Aviv University research archaeologists have examined ancient Hebrew inscriptions made by Jewish soldiers on pottery found at Tel Arad. The multiple varied handwriting proves that most of the soldiers were literate. https://unitedwithisrael.org/israelis-discover-12-ancient-inscriptions-showing-widespread-literacy-during-first-temple-era/

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Masa programs renew Russian Jewry

Posted on September 13, 2020

Over one million Russian Jews made Aliya in the 1990s.  But Russian immigration to Israel has not stopped, largely thanks to organizations such as Masa. Masa’s Israel programs have awakened a Jewish identity in Russians – some of whom did … Continue reading →

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$20 million donation to fund Israel youth trips

Posted on September 13, 2020

The Marcus Foundation has donated $20 million for its RootOne initiative. It will subsidize trips to Israel organized by BBYO, NCSY, NFTY, USY and Ramah. With the subsidies, the groups can lower the cost of the trips by some $3,000 … Continue reading →

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The light of Israel and the Jewish People

Posted on September 13, 2020

Rabbi Pini Dunner was in Israel’s Negev for his son’s enlistment in the IDF. At midday, he noticed a bright light on the horizon, but the wrong place for the Sun. He was told it was not a mirage. It … Continue reading →

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