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ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Fixing the rarest of heart conditions. In only the second case in Israel in the last 30 years, a baby was born without a breastbone to protect its heart. Using 30-year-old medical notes, doctors at Haifa’s Rambam hospital removed deformed bones and re-assembled the baby’s chest. After one week, the infant was able to go home.
http://www.rambam.org.il/Home+Page/About+Us/News+and+Events/News+2013/A+30+Years+Old+Book+Teaches+Doctors+to+Perform+Surgery.htm

Technion scientists develop advanced biological computer. Using only bio-molecules (such as DNA and enzymes), scientists at the Israel’s Technion have constructed an advanced biological transducer – a computing machine capable of manipulating genetic codes – and used the output as new input for subsequent computations.
http://www.ats.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7848

A valve to fix faulty heart valves. (Thanks to NoCamels) 7-8 million people a year suffer blood leakage from their heart’s mitral valve. Now Israel’s MitrAssist is developing a valve implant that will to work in unison with the body’s own valve to prevent leakage and restore normal blood flow.
http://nocamels.com/2013/05/open-heart-surgery-may-soon-be-possible-for-people-with-mitral-regurgitation-disorder/

Israeli nanobots will change medicine. Founder of several biotech companies, Dr Ido Bachelet is also assistant professor in the faculty of Life Sciences and the Nano-Center at Bar Ilan University. He explains what computers the size of molecules can do inside the body. These tiny computers exist in Israel today.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000847295
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-5KLTonB3Pg

Dental implants give children confidence. Children with Ectodermal Dysplasia have no teeth. Doctors used to wait until the children grew up, but a new rehabilitative process at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem fits implants and dentures to 5 and 6 year-olds. It benefits the children’s appearance, eating and social interaction.
http://www.hadassah-med.com/about/news/hadassah-offers-comprehensive-care-for-children-missing-teeth.aspx

Doctors saves stroke victim. A medical miracle – a Haifa man suffered a massive stroke and had only a 10 per cent chance of survival. Doctors at Rambam Hospital operated even after they believed it was too late. Next morning, the man awoke from his coma with no brain damage and plans to dance at his wedding this summer.
http://www.rambam.org.il/Home+Page/About+Us/News+and+Events/News+2013/A+Medical+Miracle+Man+Wakes+from+Coma+after+Surgery.htm

One small step. Israel’s Re-Step has developed a “magic” shoe called “step of mind” that allows people with brain damage to re-learn how to walk. The first treatment cycle using the computerized shoe at Israel’s Reuth Medical Rehabilitation Center has improved the walking competence of 10 people with brain damage.
http://www.americanfriendsofreuth.org/reuth-launches-innovative-method-for-rehabilitation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OUmgViA2D0Y

An all-round endoscopic success. I reported in January that Israel’s Peer Medical merged with EndoChoice of Atlanta, USA. Now the combined company has released “The Fuse” –a next generation endoscope for examining the colon. It has two cameras providing a 330-degree view to detect more cancerous polyps quicker.
http://www.rambam.org.il/Home+Page/About+Us/News+and+Events/News+2013/The+Israeli+Fuse+Extends+Life.htm

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Fruit and veg stay fresh for a year. At Israel’s Volcani Center, Potatoes sprayed with spearmint oil are not sprouting for months; Granny Smith apples deprived of oxygen stay fresh for over a year. Tomatoes are flourishing despite being infected with the common yellow leaf virus.
http://www.themedialine.org/news/print_news_detail.asp?NewsID=37720

Fill her up – Israeli style. Israel’s Gasngo has developed technology solutions to enable authorized drivers to refuel without having to use a credit card or perform a cash transaction. A Radio Frequency (RFID) tag on the vehicle is read by the pump’s nozzle. The solution has been installed in more than 3,000 gas stations.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000847169&fid=1725

Piecing together the fragments. In the basement of Tel Aviv University, a network of 100 computers is running a sophisticated artificial intelligence program to re-assemble the 157,514 fragments from the Cairo genizah. The pieces from documents dating from the 9th to 19th centuries should be matched by June 25.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/world/middleeast/computers-piecing-together-jigsaw-of-jewish-lore.html

Science on the streets. Visit Rehovot on June19th to hear top Weizmann lecturers at the 4th annual “Beer, Science and Good Spirits” event. In local bars and cafes you can learn about secrets of the universe, curing cancer, growing body parts, quantum computing, the origins of life etc. over a glass of beer, wine or coffee.
http://israel21c.org/news/weizmann-scientists-take-their-lectures-to-the-streets/

Israel’s scientists of tomorrow. Once a week, 76 excelling and gifted students from Haifa’s Hebrew Reali School visit Haifa’s Science Museum (MadaTech) to crack codes, discover the secrets of chemistry, engage in mathematical thinking, construct robots and explore the world of space. They conduct their own in-depth research, develop problem-solving strategies and strengthen their critical thinking, originality and creativity.
http://www.madatech.co.il/Pages/MenuItemPage.aspx?ContentItem=2342

Sorek desalination plant comes on stream. Starting this month, the new Sorek desalination plant will provide up to 26,000 cubic meters – or nearly 7 million gallons – of drinking water every hour. When it is at full capacity, it will be the largest desalination plant of its kind in the world.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/with-desalination-a-once-unthinkable-water-surplus-is-possible/

A bumper crop of Israeli olives – in India. The Israeli firm Indolive is helping farmers to grow olives in the Rajasthan – a desert state with complex soil conditions in the west of India.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/the-indian-israeli-olive-agribusiness-experiment/

Swedish prize for Israeli water company. Israel’s Netafim, the pioneer of drip irrigation and the world’s largest irrigation company, has been named the 2013 Stockholm Industry Water Award laureate. The award committee said, “Netafim’s remarkable achievements, helping farmers across the world to ‘grow more with less’, are directly contributing to a more water and food secure world.”
http://www.netafim.com/news-item/154609
http://www.greenprophet.com/2013/05/netafim-drip-irrigation-stockholm-industry-water-award/

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/06/04/the-palestinian-popular-violent-resistance/ Americans have become accustomed to each new presidential administration trying its hand at forcing a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Repeating the same mistakes, administration in administration out, the latest effort marks several steps backwards in strategy and tactics. For more than twenty years, the U.S. and Europe have tried to […]

http://www.city-journal.org/2013/eon0603cb.html   The Turkish prime minister may have miscalculated with his brutal crackdown     As I began to write this, at 4:00 AM on May 31, protests against Turkish police—prompted by their crackdown on demonstrators opposing the demolition of Taksim Square’s Gezi Park—were spreading from the heart of Istanbul to the entire country. As of today, […]

http://www.gloria-center.org/category/meria-journal-meria-journal/ Why has the U.S. government called certain Islamic groups supporters of terror in federal court, and then turned around and called these same organizations “moderates” and embraced them as outreach partners? In a number of cases from the Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations, the leaders of these organizations (some of whom are now in […]

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/06/04/blowing-on-shimon-peress-candles/   Normally, I would not raise a big stink about Shimon Peres’s 90th birthday bash. When it comes to birthdays, I salute that great Western Jewish tradition that loves to celebrate at least twice a year by the Jewish lunar date AND the Western calendar. Whether you go from right to left or left […]

The Left and its satellites in the media found a horrid case of “Israeli apartheid” in recent days. It is in “Superland.” http://frontpagemag.com/2013/steven-plaut/apartheid-amusement-park/ Superland is Israel’s closest thing to Knott’s Berry Farm or similar amusement parks with digestion-challenging roller coasters to be found on other continents. You can read about it here. The park suddenly […]

Manipulating International Law as Part of Anti-Israeli “Lawfare” Vol. 13, No. 16 2 June 2013 Israel’s record of compliance with international law is remarkably strong. In a long series of decisions, the Israeli High Court has ordered the Israeli government, army, and security services to change policies that, in the court’s view, were in violation […]

  http://unitedpatriotsworldwide.com/vinienco/2013/06/04/fort-hood-trial/ Media in Denial: Anjem Choudary Shocks the Brits, Again Media in Denial: Anjem Choudary Shocks the Brits, Again: Murdered soldier Lee Rigby will ‘burn in hellfire’ and those who killed him should be considered martyrs, hate preacher Anjem Choudary has said in another poisonous rant on film. The extremist maintains that despite being […]

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/devilish-details-part-i?f=puball The Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim Christian Understanding (ACMCU) at Georgetown University hosted on April 24, 2013, a conference on “The Boundaries of Religious Pluralism & Freedom: The Devil is in the Detail” (conference video here). Conducted within the framework of the six-year old “A Common Word” initiative of international Christian-Muslim dialogue, this […]

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/an-official-book-list-discounts-islams-menacing-side?f=puball At this moment of sequestration and belt-tightening, the U.S. government has delivered a reading list on Islam. The National Endowment for the Humanities has joined with two private foundations, Carnegie and Duke, to fund “Muslim Journeys,” a project that aims to present “new and diverse perspectives on the people, places, histories, beliefs, practices and […]