The fruitful way to conceive
Israel’s Fruitful Way Ltd. has pioneered a new, natural fertility and conception toolkit for couples who are trying to get pregnant. It includes a unique, science-backed dietary supplement, scientifically mated with a sophisticated fertility app.
Teva launches a generic painkiller
(Thanks to Atid-EDI) Israel’s Teva has launched the first FDA-approved generic equivalent to Celebrex (Celecoxib) Capsules in the US. Celebrex is used to treat arthritis, pain, menstrual cramps, and colonic polyps.
Good results for Fabry Disease treatment
Israel’s Protalix Biotherepeutics reported good results in its trials of its PRX-102 treatment for the genetic disease Fabry’s. Even a low dosage had an average 78.8% decrease in the effect of pain on the patients' functioning.
ALS treatment trial shows success
Israel’s Brainstorm has announced positive final results from its phase 2a clinical trial of NurOwn cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients used on 14 subjects at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. Nearly all subjects experienced clinical benefit.
Jerusalem displays Jewish-developed cholera vaccine
Dr Waldemar Haffkine, a Russian-Jewish microbiologist, developed the cholera vaccine in 1892. Jerusalem’s Tower of David Museum is now exhibiting one of the original ampoules of vaccine. Dr Haffkine also developed a vaccine for plague and was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1897. Sir Waldemar donated his extensive personal archive to the National Library of Israel.
UK and Israel to tackle dementia
A delegation of senior British scientists and companies is in Israel, to work with Israel on dementia. They are following up on December’s joint meeting of the British Neuroscience Association and the Israel Society for Neuroscience in Eilat.
What lurks in your lungs?
(Thanks to Israel21c) Professor Elizabeth Fireman of Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center has developed a highly accurate bio-monitoring technique to detect dangerous particles inhaled by firefighters, factory workers, dental technicians and kids with asthma.
Med school at 16
If Israelis are exceptional people, then Maya Fishman is amazing. Only 16-years old, she has already started med school at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She is on course to become the youngest doctor in the history of the State of Israel.
Spine surgery system wins two awards
(Thanks to Atid-EDI) Israel’s NLT-Spine has won a 2014 Spine Technology Award from US Magazine Orthopedics This Week, for its ARC Pedicle Screw System. The company also was included (for the second year running) in the list of Red Herring Global 100 winners.
US approve 360-degree colonoscope
(Thanks to Atid-EDI) Israel’s GI View has just received US FDA approval for its Aer-O-Scope colonoscope, for advanced detection of polyps that frequently develop into colon cancer. GI View is expected to start selling the product in the U.S. in early 2016.