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ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Cancer gene can prevent cancer spreading. Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute have discovered that whilst the c-Kit gene can promote the early-stage growth of colon cancer cells, its presence later on stops the cancer spreading to other parts of the body. Another oncogene c-Myc has the same duality in breast cancer.
http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/the-double-life-of-a-cancer-gene#.UnX_sVMy1pF
Enabling diabetics to sleep soundly. NightSense is an Israeli device worn by diabetics at night (the most dangerous time for diabetics) to detect sudden drops in blood-sugar levels (hypoglycemia). NightSense analyzes subtle changes in the movement of the hand that indicate changes in pulse and heart activity.
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000891101&fid=1724
Amazing 3D medical holograms. Israel’s Real View is bringing fantasy to reality with 3-D holograms that doctors can use to save lives. Its advanced 3-D interactive visualization holographic system allows physicians to work with the patients’ true 3-D anatomy appearing as precise volumetric holograms floating in mid-air.
http://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-company-brings-iron-man-like-holographs-to-real-life/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIj2xEd_z78
5 children receive transplants. Within 72 hours the staff of Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva successfully transplanted five organs into five small children. They included a 7-year-old girl whose father donated a liver lobe and a 5-year-old boy who received a kidney from his mother.
http://www.jpost.com/Health-and-Science/Surgeons-save-lives-of-5-children-via-organ-transplants-at-Schneider-330521
Pushing male fertility to the limit. (Thanks to Israel21c) Dr. Karen Tordjman of Tel Aviv University discovered a new genetic mutation in a sterile Androgen Receptor Insensitivity sufferer. She then used a treatment that theoretically had no hope, but within two years led to him successfully father three children.
http://israel21c.org/health/israeli-doctors-push-the-limits-of-male-fertility/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23808476
More amazing Israeli medical devices. (Thanks to Nevet – http://www.broaderview.org/) This video (part 1 of 2) contains details of three Israeli devices that I hadn’t even heard about before. They are EarDoc, Unfo and Qure I will include details about these devices next week together with Part 2 of the video. Stay tuned!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrz6DHUDyOI