Monthly Archives: June 2024

Science agreement with Guatemala

Posted on June 2, 2024

Israel and Guatemala have reached an agreement to promote scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries, furthering bilateral relations. It includes exchanges of researchers in the fields of fields of agriculture, water and artificial intelligence. https://www.jns.org/israel-and-guatemala-sign-scientific-technological-accord/

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After-school tennis continues for Arab & Jewish kids

Posted on June 2, 2024

Despite Oct 7, the Freddie Krivine Initiative is still running four afterschool tennis and community clubs for Arab and Jewish youth. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-jews-and-arabs-find-coexistence-in-youth-tennis/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuC-feTQUkk

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Woman at sea

Posted on June 2, 2024

Technion graduate Rafaella Waissertreiger is a natural gas engineer for Chevron on the Tamar gas platform in the Mediterranean Sea, some 50 miles from Haifa. As an offshore facility engineer, she is responsible for operations support and project management, working … Continue reading →

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Restoring the sense of touch

Posted on June 2, 2024

Nerve damage in the hand results in loss of both motor and sensory capability. Surgery can restore movement, but not sensation. Israel’s Tengable has developed tiny sensors that are implanted under the skin. On touching an object, an electrical charge … Continue reading →

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Clearly the best way through

Posted on June 2, 2024

Israel’s Veinway has developed Traversa – a literally revolutionary device that removes blockages in narrow veins caused by disease, clots, scar tissue etc. It can treat many of the 900,000 US patients diagnosed with Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT). Compassionate use … Continue reading →

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3D-printing body parts

Posted on June 2, 2024

Since Oct 7, Israel’s Synergy3d Med has progressed from 3D-printing prosthetics for animals (see here previously). Its Patient Specific Instruments (PSIs) create customized replacement limbs or implants of bones and joints for wounded Israelis, inside hospitals in a few hours. … Continue reading →

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Caring for patients remotely

Posted on June 2, 2024

An updated article about Israel’s Laguna Health (see here previously) whose AI platform records and analyzes conversations during telehealth consultations for social, emotional, and cultural context. It highlights issues enabling care managers to treat their hundreds of patients as individuals. … Continue reading →

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A virtual hospital

Posted on June 2, 2024

Israel’s Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva has launched a virtual medical center in line with a 25% increase in demand for telehealth services since Oct 7. The Beilinson NEXT service is available for no additional cost to all Israelis. They … Continue reading →

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Wearable devices can save lives

Posted on June 2, 2024

Dr. Shirit Kazum-Beiser is Head of the Sports Cardiology Clinic at Israel’s Beilinson Hospital. She said that smart technology accessories, such as smartwatches, provide data that cardiologists can use to advance research and development and, with new AI tools, can … Continue reading →

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Transforming healthcare

Posted on June 2, 2024

The 150 innovative Israeli health-tech companies presenting at the 2024 BioMed Israel conference featured several new to this newsletter, including Epilog (companion app); Innoventric (valve replacement); Pangea Bio (AI oncology); and QRGenetics (AI therapy discovery). https://www.israel21c.org/13-israeli-med-tech-startups-that-could-transform-healthcare/ https://epilog.world/ https://www.innoventric.com/ https://pangeabiomed.com/ https://qrgenetics.com/

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