Swallowing your tongue? No need to worry
A new study led by a Tel Aviv Ichilov (Sourasky) Medical Center cardiologist reveals that it is wrong (and dangerous) to check if heart attack victims risk swallowing their tongue before commencing CPR. Delays can cause death or severe anoxic brain damage
More power to the immune system
A research team led by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have boosted the immune system’s cancer-fighting ability by reprogramming. They disabled the mitochondrial protein Ant2 in T cells, forcing them to produce more energy and become stronger and better at homing in on cancer cells.
Kidney grown in the lab
Scientists from Sheba Medical Center and Tel Aviv University have taken human kidney tissue stem cells and grown a 3D organ culture (organoids) to 34 weeks maturity – the longest-lasting and purest ever developed. It will advance research into kidney disease, regenerative medicine and transplants.
Can you fight bacteria in space
Researchers at Sheba Medical Center have sent a groundbreaking scientific experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). It will study how space conditions - especially microgravity - influence bacterial virulence and resistance to antibiotics.
Reviving research terminated by the Nazis
An Israeli-led team has been awarded a $1.2 million grant by the prestigious Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP). It will study epigenetic inheritance –traits acquired from the environment can be passed to descendants. This research begun by Jewish scientists came to halt in WW2.
Agetech startups showcase in LA.
Meet 8 Israeli AgeTech medical startups at UCLA. Lunchtime on Aug 12. Buzzy, Effectivate, , , , Physiclean, & ROBE-Health. RSVP asap, if you wish to attend. Dietary laws observed.
Safer medical devices
Israel’s C2A Security (see previously) has partnered with US-based Medcrypt to integrate their security protection facilities. It ensures that every software component and artifact in a medical device is traceable, authenticated, and tamper-proof, from development through post-market updates.
A missing gene and the Goldilocks principle
Researchers at Israel’s Weimann Institute have diagnosed a rare genetic disease that delays child development. Sufferers are missing the gene Chaserr which controls CHD2 protein production. Too much CHD2 causes the disease; too little CHD2 is linked to autism and epilepsy.
Healthy baby after rare uterine surgery
The first-ever Israeli baby (and the 6th in the world) was born to a woman who had undergone uterine transposition surgery at Rabin Medical Center’s Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah. The mother’s womb had been removed before cancer treatment and re-implanted afterwards.
Israeli Druze doctor makes discovery
At Rambam Hospital this week an Israeli Druze doctor discovered that several wounded Syrians admitted for treatment were, in fact, his own relatives, family members he had never met. After receiving initial treatment in Syria, they were transferred to Israel for advanced medical care.