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Hannukah is the festival of lights.
Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. Genesis 1:3
“ You light up my life, You give me hope to carry on. You light up my days and fill my nights with song. American songwriter Joe Brooks 1970.
Israel’s incredible contributions to science, medicine, agriculture and water technology, bring the light of hope to billions of people throughout the world. Here is another dazzling list from Michael Ordman. rsk
ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
AI to diagnose cancerous biopsies. Many tumors express the protein PD-L1, which allows them to circumvent the immune system. Scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute have developed neural networks that use “deep learning” AI to recognize PD-L1 in biopsies, alerting oncologists to apply appropriate immunotherapy.
https://www.technion.ac.il/en/2022/11/deep-learning-breast-cancer-ai-immunotherapy/
Reducing stress pre-surgery reduces spread of cancer. Confirming a previous study (see here) Tel Aviv researchers revisited patients five years after cancer surgery and found only 12.5% of the patients who received pre-surgery anti-anxiety therapy developed cancer metastases, compared to 50% in the control group.
https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-724290 https://english.tau.ac.il/colon_rectal_cancer_2022
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0748798322007053
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41568-021-00395-5
Depression treatment for bipolar disorder. 20% of some 7 million US patients with bipolar disorder commit suicide. US-Israeli company NRx is currently undergoing a US trial on 72 bipolar patients involving the simultaneous administering of two anti-depression treatments that do not have hallucinogenic side effects.
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1kv2lfwo https://www.nrxpharma.com/nrx-100-nrx-101/
A new kind of facemask. Scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute have invented the Air-screen fluidic facemask. It blocks virus-laden aerosols and droplets by use of a tiny fan to produce a rectangular air jet, or screen, in front of the wearer’s face. An Israeli startup Wisdom Wearables will commercialize the mask.
https://worldisraelnews.com/invisible-air-screen-israeli-researchers-find-trailblazing-alternative-to-face-masks/
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-scientists-invent-face-mask-made-of-thin-air-which-blows-virus-away/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D_H8VHWtH8
Help an Israeli hospital save babies’ lives. (TY UWI) Israel’s Sheba Medical Center has developed a realistic baby simulator for advanced medical training that will help medical professionals save babies’ lives. They are now asking for funds to help pay for the cost of the equipment needed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPEC-dN1RBM https://give.afsmc.org/give/446626/#!/donation/checkout
Two lives saved. A Jerusalem woman in her ninth month of pregnancy suffered a stroke while giving a public presentation. Luckily, a member of the audience recognized the stroke symptoms. Seven doctors at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center saved the mother’s life and delivered her healthy baby by Caesarian section.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/two-lives-saved-israeli-doctors-save-mother-from-stroke-during-babys-delivery/
