Monthly Archives: December 2023

Israeli Arabs work with IDF on mass-casualty simulations

Posted on December 23, 2023

Volunteers from the Israeli Arab city of Kfar Kassem, east of Tel Aviv, joined with the IDF to simulate emergency responses to mass casualty incidents. The comprehensive drill involved local United Hatzalah Arab volunteers and the IDF’s Home Front Command. … Continue reading →

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Jews & Arabs help Arab Israeli farmers

Posted on December 23, 2023

Arabs and Israelis from Haifa have united during their leisure time to help Arab Israeli farmers bring in the harvest. The farmers were short-staffed due to the lack of Palestinian Arab workers and the temporary absence of Thai workers. https://www.timesofisrael.com/volunteers-help-arab-israeli-farmers-suffering-from-labor-shortage-amid-war-in-gaza/

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3D printer helps remove tumors

Posted on December 23, 2023

UK’s University Hospital Birmingham has reduced the time taken to remove tumors by up to three hours thanks to 3D-printed cutting guides produced on a J5 MedJet printer from Israel’s Stratasys. It is transforming the way tumors are removed from … Continue reading →

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Treatment for asthma

Posted on December 23, 2023

Treatment for asthma. (TY Atid-EDI) Israel’s Teva has bought the rights to complete the development of BD9 – an antibody-based therapy for the treatment of asthma and atopic dermatitis from Israel’s Biolojic Design (see here previously). Biolojic’s AI platform generates … Continue reading →

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Successful trial for plaque psoriasis treatment

Posted on December 23, 2023

Israel’s Scinai Immunotherapeutics has announced successful preclinical trial results of its innovative anti‑IL‑17 VHH antibody (‘NanoAb’) as a local treatment for the large and underserved population of patients with mild to moderate plaque psoriasis. https://www.scinai.com/press-releases/scinai-announces-promising-results-in-a-psoriatic-human-skin-model https://www.scinai.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWz0E_-ogSc

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US approves fiber implants for children

Posted on December 23, 2023

The US FDA has cleared the bio-integrative technology from Israel’s Ossio (see here previously) to be used in orthopedic surgery for children and adolescents needing bone realignments, fusions or fracture fixation. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231206064383/en/OSSIO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7YlwWulwJ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMfNVFWx3ls

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Massive deal to revitalize biotech

Posted on December 23, 2023

Israel’s Compugen (see here previously) only had six months’ cash left when it was rescued by Gilead Sciences in a deal worth up to $848 million. Gilead will license Compugen’s pre-clinical cancer antibody COM503 that frees up the peptide InterLeukin … Continue reading →

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100 Evangelicals in IDF

Posted on December 23, 2023

Juergen Buehler, president of the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem says there are around 100 Evangelical Christian volunteers in the IDF, including two of his sons. As one of the Christian soldiers said, “We are willing to give our lives … Continue reading →

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They couldn’t wait

Posted on December 23, 2023

A young couple had intended to fly to America to plan their wedding. But Oct 7 changed their plans into a quiet wedding in Israel. Jake was then called up into the IDF and so the wedding ceremony took place … Continue reading →

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Volunteers build tech to protect

Posted on December 23, 2023

Israel Tech Guard is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit initiative building tech solutions to help protect Israelis during and after the war. They include Blood Donation Bot (donor eligibility), Rehab Track (locating patients in hospital), and Guardian X (social media identity verification) … Continue reading →

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