If the high tech and biotech industries are the engines that have been driving the Israeli economy over the past five years, it is the nation’s universities that have provided the fuel: brainpower. Behind nearly every Israeli business success story …
Health
A ‘watch’ that stops unnecessary heart attack deaths
GE is banking on Oxitone wrist monitor to provide a heads-up for someone to get medical assistance before it’s too late.
Israeli pulmonary imaging technology lets you breathe easier
Dr. Igal Kushnir, the founder and CEO of Deep Breeze Medical Diagnosis, directed me towards the clinical data page on the company’s web site. “There,” he said as I opened a link to asthma. “That’s the first ever image of …
Israeli ‘virtual cancer’ engine accurately predicts breast cancer patients’ response to treatment
Israeli biotechnology start-up Optimata has won a seal of approval for its new computerized virtual cancer patient technology from Cancer Research UK after a successful trial at Nottingham City Hospital.In the joint clinical study held by Optimata and Cancer UK, …
Israeli innovation prevents need for frequent catheter replacement
Because of the ease of insertion, the FirmGrip will also ease the burden on patients who require an IV for fewer than 20 days and will spare them the discomfort of having to have a new IV inserted (in a …
Israeli startup fights bioterrorism – in real time
‘Sensitivity and selectivity are the two important issues’ to detecting a biological agent, says BAS CEO Alex Keinan.It’s a 24-like scenario. Terrorists are attempting to dump anthrax into the ventilation system of a shopping mall. For homeland security officials, early …
Israeli AMD discovery licensed by Pfizer
Based on pre-clinical models, Quark believes that AMD can be treated by blocking the expression of the RTP-801 gene through RNA interference.An Israeli company which has set its sights on providing an effective drug to combat a cruel vision loss …
Israeli water-treatment system takes the fear out of Legionnaires Disease
Elgressy’s LPB system system is based on their already existing and effective water treatment systems which doesn’t use any chemicals or additives, and prevents scaling, corrosion and biofouling. In July 1976, at an American Legion convention in a Philadelphia hotel …
Banana lovers rejoice – Israeli company develops bug-resistant bananas
Dr. Eli Khayat: We recently conducted field trials, growing plants in an area heavily infested with nematodes, and the plants showed complete resistance. They weren’t affected at all.If you eat five bananas a week, there’s a good chance that one …
More effective epilepsy treatment coming out of Israel
Professor Meir Bialer: For one third of epilepsy patients who are not seizure-free, we still need new anti-epilepsy drugsMost people think that epilepsy is under control; that it is an ‘old time’ disease which barely manifests itself anymore among the …
Israeli studies offer solutions for infertility
Two recent studies by Israeli teams provide some very good news for women who are experiencing difficulty getting pregnant or are prone to miscarriages. In one study conducted at the Weizmann Institute, biopsies performed on women with fertility problems led …