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Cutting the cost of cancer laser treatment

Israel’s HIL Applied Medical (see here previously) is poised to deliver proton-beam radiotherapy to millions of cancer patients who cannot afford it today. HIL plans to produce 200-250 much lower cost proton therapy rooms every year. https://www.timesofisrael.com/spotlight/israeli-startup-uses-hebrew-u-breakthrough-to-cut-the-cost-of-treating-cancer/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MA-9Rh1EE8

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$8 million for 9 US-Israeli projects

The BIRD Foundation is granting $8 million to nine new joint US-Israeli projects. The Israeli companies are Civan Lasers, TempraMed, Cordio Medical, Mego Afek, Kav-Medida, Sixgill, Agridrones, HIL Applied Medical, and SirT6 (Ness Ziona). https://www.israelhayom.com/2022/01/11/bird-to-invest-in-8m-in-9-new-israeli-us-projects/ https://www.civanlasers.com/ https://tempramed.com/ https://www.megoafek.com/ https://kav-medida.co.il/en/home-eng/ https://www.agridrones.co.il/

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Manufacturing center for tumor lasers

I reported previously (see here) on Israel’s HIL Applied Medical and its focused proton beam lasers to treat tumors.  HIL is spending $5 million to set-up a research and development and manufacturing center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3758448,00.html … Continue reading

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US boost for proton beam cancer treatment

Israel’s HIL Applied Medical develops safer focused proton beam lasers to treat tumors (see Sep 2014 newsletter) Now HIL has acquired US company Nanolabz which develops and builds smart nano-engineered targets and alignment systems for the short-pulse laser R&D sector. … Continue reading

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3000 attend investor summit

The OurCrowd Global Investor Summit in Jerusalem brought together technology leaders and innovators from around the world to see some of Israel’s hottest start-ups. This article features Engie, BIRD, freeD, HIL Applied Medical and UpNRide, who were among the many … Continue reading

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Proton beam destroys tumors

Israel’s Hil Applied Medical has patented lasers that perform safer, focused radiation cancer therapy using positively charged ions (protons).  Hil’s revolutionary reduced-size, economical lasers can bring proton therapy to many of the 300,000 US cancer patients and others who can … Continue reading

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