Israel Active

(Thanks to NoCamels) ALS (Lou Gehrig’s) sufferer Rabbi Refael Shmulevitz had been given two to four years to live. He lost the ability to talk clearly and was confined to a wheelchair. Following Brainstorm‘s ‘NurOwn’ stem cell treatment he can now walk and talk again.

Psychiatric drugs can have damaging long-lasting effects on children with Anxiety disorder. Professor Yair Bar-Chaim, of Tel Aviv University's School of Psychological Sciences recommends a computer program providing a therapy called Attention Bias Modification (ABM).

Israeli biotech Compugen announced that the protein CGEN-15022, discovered by the company, has the potential for treating liver, colorectal, lung and ovarian cancers through monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy.

Professor Eitan Reuveny of the Weizmann Institute has discovered the protein SARAF that prevents high levels of Calcium in the body. It has implications for sufferers of prostate cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and dilated cardiomyopathy – all accompanied by abnormal calcium levels.

Hadassah University medical scientists have produced stem cells that are not contaminated with animal components. They are already being used by Cell Cure Neurosciences to develop a treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Medgenics has announced that its Israeli-developed INFRADURE Biopump for the treatment of Hepatitis D has received orphan drug status from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This means a faster regulatory process, grants, tax credits and market exclusivity.

Dune Medical Devices Ltd. has received a favorable recommendation from an US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel for the company's flagship product, the MarginProbe, for real-time breast cancer detection of excised tissue in the operating room.

Col. (ret.) Dr. John McManus is in Israel for the Rambam Medical Conference. Amongst his praise for Israeli medical staff, he tells of the large numbers of US servicemen’s lives saved by the US military’s adoption of Israeli battlefield medical techniques.

The medicinal benefits of cannabis are still controversial, however award-winning Hebrew University researcher Dr. Lital Magid has designed and synthesized compounds of the drug that reduce brain inflammation and promote healing.

That’s the target of scientists at the Israeli Technion’s Lokey Lifescience centre in Haifa. It will allow doctors to prescribe drugs tailored to the individual’s DNA, rather than generic to the condition. Watch this video and marvel at this and other amazing Israeli medical research.