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Preventing the spread of Ebola

Posted on September 14, 2014

The experimental vaccine ZMapp isn’t an Israeli invention, but it has been having some success in treating Ebola victims.  The problem is that stocks have run out and Israeli biotech Protalix has offered to produce more vaccine.  Separately, Israeli doctors … Continue reading →

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Israeli scientist leads search for Ebola cure

Posted on August 17, 2014

Virologist Dr. Leslie Lobel from Ben Gurion University is developing a vaccine to defeat the Ebola virus by studying the immune systems of the disease’s survivors. He has spent 12 years studying the disease in Uganda. http://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-scientist-leads-search-for-ebola-cure/

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Israel is first to help Sierra Leone

Posted on August 27, 2017

Just 24 hours after hearing the call for help, Israel sent supplies to provide nourishment for three days, after heavy flooding and a mudslide that buried houses on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. IsraAID workers are now helping … Continue reading →

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The first kidney dialysis for Sierra Leone

Posted on January 8, 2017

In 2012, MASHAV – Israel Foreign Ministry’s agency for international development cooperation donated the first-ever dialysis unit to Sierra Leone.  Due to the Ebola outbreak, the African country’s first dialysis treatment took place on Dec 15 this year, and a … Continue reading →

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Clothes that stop bacteria and viruses

Posted on September 14, 2014

(Thanks to Israe21c) Jerusalem-based Argaman Technologies has developed bio-inhibitive textiles and masks. High-powered ultrasound impregnates fibers with accelerated Copper Oxide that prevents the spread of bacteria and viruses.  It could even protect against the Ebola virus. http://www.israel21c.org/headlines/these-clothes-crush-viruses-bacteria-and-fire/

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