Insulin pumps go Stateside
Israel’s D.Medical has announced that its safe, innovative infusion sets will soon be available to the 350,000 Type 1 diabetics in the USA that need this carefully controlled treatment.
Sleepless in Seattle?
Perhaps that’s why GE Healthcare has ordered 3 Morpheus Hx sleep disorder diagnostic devices from Israel’s WideMed Ltd for installation at US hospitals.
Closing up wounds
Johnson & Johnson has invested in Israeli bio-med start-up Lifebond that is developing a surgical sealant apparently superior to the one that J&J already owns the rights to.
Making the body repair itself
Israel's MacroCure helps the body heal itself with CureXcell, a unique product based on white blood cells from healthy donors. 4500 patients with severe chronic wounds have been treated.
Stem Cell treatment helps paralysed man
A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has testified to the effectiveness of the treatment developed by Israel’s Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Ltd.
No prints
Israeli researcher Dr Eli Sprecher, from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, has identified the gene mutation associated with the rare condition that is associated with an absence of fingerprints.
‘Every preemie is a new adventure’
The directors of neonatal care at Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Centre in Bnai Brak have a new approach to family-centred care and long-term assessment for fragile newborns.
Breakthrough screening device for breast cancer
New Israeli 3D infrared solution undergoing trials from Real Imaging is more accurate than mammography as well as radiation free, painless and suitable for all ages.
Heart surgeons go to Africa
For the first time, 20 Save A Child’s Heart surgeons and nurses visit a foreign country with a week’s visit to Tanzania where they will operate on ten children born with congenital defects.
Give up – chew our gum
Smokers looking to kick the habit can now get help from the flavoured nicotine gums from Israel’s Perrigo. The US Federal Drugs Administration has approved the new cinnamon flavour.