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Israel’s Sanoculis has received the CE Mark for its MINT (Minimally Invasive Nasal Trabeculostomy) product for the treatment of adult patients undergoing glaucoma angle surgery.  (See MINT and MIMS on Sanoculis website)

Israel’s TopGum (see previously) has launched OMG3! -its new prenatal product which delivers all the crucial nutrients for expectant mothers in a natural fruity chewable. The “all-in-one” gummy houses essential omega-3 fatty acids as the principal ingredient.

A drone stationed on the roof of the Bezio Medical Center is the pilot phase of Israel’s medical drones project. Dubbed “Ziv Eye” it will transport equipment, samples and blood donations between the separate campuses of the Ziv Medical Center, close to the border of Syria and Lebanon.

Neuroscientists at Israel’s Technion Institute have discovered that neural networks in the brain transition from a "beginner" to an "expert" structure when learning a new skill (e.g. playing sport). The process depends on the local release of dopamine in the motor cortex.

The previous article (see ) about a new rapid simple blood test for Parkinson’s Disease didn’t mention that the Hebrew University of Jerusalem had jointly developed the test with Israel’s ATED Therapeutics - a finalist in Fast Company’s 2024 World Changing Ideas.

Researchers at Israel’s Clalit Research Institute & Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson) have discovered that the gene TRIM63 is a major genetic driver and risk factor for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the world’s most common hereditary heart disease. Screening could save many lives.

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the IDF's Medical Corps have discovered a peptide to activate Protein Kinase C-epsilon (PKC-ε) and significantly improve survival rates of patients (including wounded soldiers) who suffer massive blood loss.

Blackstone Investment firm president Jonathan Gray and his wife Mindy are donating $125 million to Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Medicine - the largest donation in the university's history - to increase the number of doctors in Israel. The faculty will now bear the couple's name.

US ambassador Mike Huckabee received a United Hatzalah Defender of Israel Award at a special celebration for the Israel's emergency response organization at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem. He recounted the time when a UH responder saved the life of one of the delegates of a mission he was leading.

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have discovered that the protein CsrA in bacteria creates a “control center” inside a cell that manages the activation of disease-causing genes. Future treatments that disable the control center should stop infections before they take hold.