Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

US-Israel friendship group

Posted on July 14, 2024

Israeli and American political leaders have inaugurated the House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group, the newest body aimed at deepening ties between the two countries. Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana said, the relationship between the two countries “transcends parties and administrations”. https://www.jns.org/israeli-us-politicos-inaugurate-parliamentary-friendship-group/

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Study at the Technion in English

Posted on July 14, 2024

Following Oct 7, many university campuses in the US and UK no longer are safe for Jews. Israel’s Technion Institute enables Jews from around the world to come to Israel to study in English at the undergraduate and graduate level, … Continue reading →

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Arab Professor wins biomedical prize

Posted on July 14, 2024

Muslim Arab Professor Ashraf Brik of Israel’s Technion Institute was featured here back in 2013. He has just been awarded the 2024 Rappaport Prize for Biomedical Research for his work on protein mechanisms that can lead to treatments for diseases … Continue reading →

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A new children’s center in Jerusalem

Posted on July 14, 2024

Israeli charity Yad Ezra V’Shulamit has purchased a new building for their Jerusalem Children’s Center. They are renovating it and will soon be able to double to 200 the number of impoverished kids that they can give daily hot lunches, … Continue reading →

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Preventing loss of limbs

Posted on July 14, 2024

Israel’s BioGenCell (see here previously) is conducting Phase 2 trials of its Tissue Regenerative Activated Cell (TRACT) Therapy. It is preventing amputations at Netanya’s Laniado Medical Center, the US (Yale and Johns Hopkins), Belgium, and Georgia. It is now raising … Continue reading →

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Preventing clash of medications

Posted on July 14, 2024

Israel’s BioGenCell (see here previously) is conducting Phase 2 trials of its Tissue Regenerative Activated Cell (TRACT) Therapy. It is preventing amputations at Netanya’s Laniado Medical Center, the US (Yale and Johns Hopkins), Belgium, and Georgia. It is now raising … Continue reading →

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Saving lives in Ohio

Posted on July 14, 2024

Cleveland based University Hospitals is deploying the aiOS diagnosis platform from Israel’s Aidoc (see here previously) across 13 of its hospitals and many outpatient locations. All patients undergoing CT scans for injury or pain will be analyzed by aiOS for … Continue reading →

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Sealing wounds after heart surgery

Posted on July 14, 2024

EndoRon Medical provides abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) patients undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair with a long-lasting sealing and fixation solution for their endograft. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h1wabb6w0 https://endoronmedical.com/

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American Jewish medical professionals see this

Posted on July 14, 2024

The American Jewish Medical Association (AJMA) is a non-profit, national organization representing health professionals (doctors, dentists, nurses, and others) who stand strongly with Israel, and promote Jewish values and ethics in medicine. Please join them. https://www.theajma.org/

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First Aliyah event for South American medics

Posted on July 14, 2024

The inaugural South American MedEx event took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Over 60 doctors came from all over Argentina and neighboring Uruguay to be assisted with their Aliyah planning and licensing. (see here for previous MedEx events in Europe … Continue reading →

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