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ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Melanoma can be cured – in Israel. Patients in an advanced stage of metastatic melanoma are being given a new lease of life at the Ella Institute of Sheba Medical Centre in Tel Aviv. Sheba’s innovative Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TIL) trials have patients from Europe coming to Israel to be rid of the deadly cancer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UTGONr0GY4&feature=youtu.be
http://ella.sheba.co.il/e/?url=e
Crohn’s medication works. Israel’s Teva Pharmaceuticals has reported success in the Phase IIa clinical trial of Laquinimod in moderate to severe Crohn’s disease. The announcement was made at the 20th United European Gastroenterology (UEG) conference in Amsterdam.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000792018
Ultrasound treatment for bone cancer patients. The US Food and Drug Administration has given pre-marketing approval for ExAblate targeted focused ultrasound treatment from Israel’s InSightec Image Guided Treatment Ltd.. The approval is initially for bone cancer patients who cannot undergo radiation therapy.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000791836&fid=1725
Israeli spinal surgery – in Vietnam. Mazor Robotics has received its first order in Vietnam for its Renaissance robotic navigation system for spinal surgery. The system will be installed at the Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi, the country’s largest surgical hospital, with 1,000 beds.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000792288&fid=1725
Genetic link for autism. New Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center research has found that Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) share a root cause with psychiatric illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The research accessed anonymous records from over one million Israeli soldiers.
http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=289021
Natural medicines from Jerusalem. The Natural Medicine Research Unit for the Study of Complementary, Alternative and Integrated Medicine at Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem is exploring some ancient methods to cure modern day ailments. The centre even germinated a 2,000-year-old Judean date palm seed.
http://israel21c.org/environment/natural-healing-from-israels-land-and-sea/