‘The goal is to get there within a minute, and to be there with the patient. And that can save lives.’One of the scariest moments in the life of a parent whose child suffers from epilepsy is when that child …
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Israeli fiber optic sighting system keeps sharpshooters on target
Yigal Abo describes the NET tactical pistol rear sight system as the ‘the light at the end of the tunnel’. (Photo: David Crane/Defense Review.com)Like many Israelis, Tiberias insurance company owner Yigal Abo owns a pistol for self defense. But unlike …
Israeli brother and sister team develop the LuboCollar life-saving device
The LuboCollar protects the neck by restricting the movement of the head relative to the rest of the body and also maintains an open airway in a non-invasive, simple and quick manner.The most critical time for any trauma patient is …
Darfur refugees seeing things more clearly, thanks to Israeli eye initiative
Dr. Drora Zarfati with some of her patients: Ultimately, I couldn’t refuse this kind of mission. You can’t only go when it’s comfortable for you.When you mention Darfur refugees, most Israelis think about the hundreds of Sudanese who have streamed …
Introducing Israeli food to the world – one recipe at a time
Janna Gur: Pita is a way of life here. You eat on the go.If you think that ‘Israeli food’ consists of Jaffa oranges, Manischewitz wine, and gefilte fish, then Janna Gur would like to set you straight.The editor of Al …
Autistic children get an Israeli ‘biohug’
For Raffi Rembrand, necessity was definitely the mother of his invention. An Israeli engineer and father to a son with autism, Rembrand was well aware of the difficulties of raising a child with severe autism. He had devoured all the …
Israeli specialists first to freeze eggs of five-year-old cancer patients for future harvesting
An Israeli medical team has succeeded for the first time in the world to remove eggs from pre-pubescent cancer patients – some as young as five – and bring them to maturity before freezing them, giving the girls a better …
IBM Israel team turns corner on futuristic smart cars
IBM Israel’s Dan Chevion: We envisioned a large net where cars are connected in communication with each other and also with the infrastructure like lights and road signs.Oleg Goldshmidt and Dan Chevion envision a day when cars are so smart, …
Israeli therapy kills brain cancer cells with electrical fields
Patients carry the Novo-TTF device in a specialized over-the-shoulder bag and receive continuous treatment without changing their daily routine.An Israeli-developed treatment that specifically targets rapidly growing cancer cells with electrical fields shows great promise in treating patients with brain cancer.The …
BioLineRx – Israel’s biotech supermarket
BioLineRX CEO Morris Laster: Once you have a critical mass of projects in the pipeline and you can sell a compound every year or so, it becomes self sustaining.The people at leading Israeli biotech company BioLineRx must have a lot …