Author Archives: MichaelOrdman

Hospital equipment for Moldovan babies

Posted on February 12, 2023

Israel has donated $250,000 worth of perinatal equipment to nine hospitals in Moldovia. It includes incubators and resuscitation tables, replacing equipment over two decades old. https://www.moldpres.md/en/news/2023/01/27/23000648

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Innovation to improve ties with New Zealand

Posted on February 12, 2023

The New Zealand Israel Innovation Hub (NZIIH) recently opened in Tel Aviv (see here previously). Founder Josh Brown and startup advisor Elinor Swery are promoting 23 initiatives to foster business ventures including foodtech, agtech, climatetech, and spacetech. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rj7zesani

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Young guardians – Jewish & Bedouin

Posted on February 12, 2023

HaShomer HaChadash (The New Guardian – see here previously) safeguards Israel’s lands by agriculture & education. Its 25,000 strong youth movement HaTnua HaChadasha now includes some 3,000 Bedouin children, mostly meeting at the charity’s Zarzir educational farm. https://www.israel21c.org/youth-group-instills-love-of-the-land-in-bedouins-and-jews/ https://eng.hashomer.org.il/  (see … Continue reading →

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New peptides to target Alzheimer’s culprit

Posted on February 12, 2023

Scientists at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University, working with Canadian scientists have developed peptides (small proteins) that in laboratory tests prevent the production of oligomers – small polymers that are the true culprits of the neuron damage in Alzheimer’s disease. https://www.israel21c.org/treatment-for-very-early-alzheimers-under-development/ https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2210766119

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World’s most advanced children’s hospital

Posted on February 12, 2023

The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital just inaugurated at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, features unique early genetic tests for detecting and treating rare diseases. It will also treat children from the Palestinian Authority, Gaza, the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco. … Continue reading →

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Training Kenyan navy to treat casualties

Posted on February 12, 2023

For the first time ever, experts from Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, including doctors, nurses, and simulation specialists, helped prepare Kenya’s navy for mass casualty scenarios. They worked alongside military and civilian personnel from Kenya, the US 5th fleet, Qatar, and … Continue reading →

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Non-animal testing in Dubai

Posted on February 12, 2023

UAE’s MBZUAI has signed an agreement with Israel’s Quris-AI (see here previously) to establish a world-class Bio-AI center in Abu Dhabi, that will support development of personalized medications, specifically tailored to the MENA (Middle East Nort Africa) region population. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/01/18/2590734/0/en/Quris-AI-and-MBZUAI-to-launch-world-class-Bio-AI-center-in-Abu-Dhabi.html … Continue reading →

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Universities partner to study the brain

Posted on February 12, 2023

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Kentucky have received a joint $1 million grant to study new aspects of RNA biology. They will try to discover why humans have more complex brains than other organisms with roughly … Continue reading →

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Partnering for medical air rescue service

Posted on February 12, 2023

Israel’s Magen David Adom and America’s Hatzolah Air are partnering to provide any future emergency medical evacuations in Israel. MDA’s flight paramedics will board Hatzolah Air and MDA Medevac helicopters to perform rescues via MDA’s Tiberias and Beer Sheva air … Continue reading →

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AI to build UK care center

Posted on February 12, 2023

AI technology from Israel’s Buildots (see here previously) is constructing the new maternity, pediatrics, emergency, and critical care center at Royal Bournemouth Hospital. It is the first UK healthcare facility to be built using Artificial Intelligent tech to increase efficiency … Continue reading →

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