Monthly Archives: December 2024

Instant cure for heart patient

Posted on December 28, 2024

Nazia Matar (63) had life-threatening heart arrhythmia with no possible surgical solution. Cardiologist Prof. Mahmoud Suleiman at Haifa’s Rambam hospital detected the root cause and directed a single, high-dose of radiation at the problem tissue. Nazia is now completely cured. … Continue reading →

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Precision medicine for autoimmune diseases

Posted on December 28, 2024

Israel’s Promise Bio is researching immune-mediated disease treatment with advanced precision medicine solutions. Using mass-spectrometry data and AI analysis (called epiproteomics), it aims to identify the best medications to treat a particular patient’s autoimmune disease. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bk7gpunvyl https://www.promise.bio/

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Alzheimer’s vaccine begins trials

Posted on December 28, 2024

A first-in-the-world clinical trial taking place at the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem will directly test whether the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) TB vaccine (see here previously) should be widely administered in the fight against Alzheimer’s. https://www.hadassah.org/story/hadassah-clinical-trial-tests-tuberculosis-vaccine-to-prevent-alzheimers https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-829471

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Preserved Chanukah-period plaster discovered

Posted on December 28, 2024

Israeli researchers have analyzed the contents of “cave pearls” discovered in the millennia-old Joweizeh spring tunnel in the Jerusalem hills. The pearls, formed from mineral deposits, encased plaster from a building constructed around the time of the Hasmonean kings. https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/world/article296934599.html … Continue reading →

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Never say “never”

Posted on December 28, 2024

96-year-old Pearl Kronenberg Sapir has just made Aliya from New York. She was greeted at Ben Gurion airport by many of her 84 descendants from five generations – some of whom she met for the first time. https://unitedwithisrael.org/watch-96-year-old-grandmother-makes-aliyah/  (see video … Continue reading →

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Chanukiah lighting at the Kotel

Posted on December 28, 2024

The Western Wall Heritage Foundation are holding public candle-lighting ceremonies at the Kotel in Jerusalem every evening during the eight-day holiday of Chanukah. Participants include Rabbis, ambassadors, families of Gaza hostages, bereaved families, wounded IDF soldiers and others. https://www.jns.org/public-chanukah-lightings-at-western-wall-during-eight-night-holiday/

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NIS 100 million donation

Posted on December 28, 2024

Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg is following through with his promise (in Apr) to donate NIS 100 million to reconstructing Israel’s north. In 2015 Bloomberg also donated $100 million (see here previously) to help build the new Cornell-Technion Institute … Continue reading →

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One Israel Fund celebrates 30 years

Posted on December 28, 2024

For three decades, One Israel Fund been helping 500,000+ residents in Judea and Samaria. It has spent millions on security protection, medical facilities, education, recreational equipment and communal infrastructure. It has just helped raise $1 million for an emergency center. … Continue reading →

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King Solomon’s mines did not pollute

Posted on December 28, 2024

Researchers from Tel Aviv University found minimal environmental and health impacts at King Solomon’s 10th century BCE copper mines in southern Israel’s Timna Valley. Lead levels e.g., fell below 200 ppm just meters from the furnaces. They refute 1990’s claims … Continue reading →

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Building better defenses

Posted on December 28, 2024

Between Oct 2023 and Sep 2024, Israel’s Defense Ministry placed NIS 601 million of orders with 86 startups and small companies – five times more than in the previous year. 58 startups joined the Defense Ministry’s INNOFENSE accelerator program, building … Continue reading →

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