Archives for 2016

WoundClot gauze, made from plant cells, absorbs 2,500% of its own weight in fluids and stops hemorrhaging within minutes. The cloud of war constantly hanging over Israel has one shiny silver lining:groundbreaking advances in woundcare developed for the battlefield and then shared with the rest of humanity. ISRAEL21c has featured Israeli first-aid innovations such as the … [Read more...]

Serenita, a personalized mobile solution for Android and iOS from Eco-Fusion, measures your stress levels and helps you manage stress throughout the day with a tailored five-minute relaxation exercise. The award-winning app acquires data from your finger by turning the mobile phone’s camera into a biomedical sensor (PPG), and uses it to peer into your bloodstream to find … [Read more...]

In March, 200 participants in the 16th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound in Tel Aviv saw a livestreamed medical procedure to cure a woman’s essential tremor without incisions or anesthesia. Neurology and radiology experts at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa used the Exablate Neuro system developed in Israel by Insightec.  Guided by magnetic resonance (MR) … [Read more...]

Already on the market in Mexico, the novel light-activated drug is being tested on other types of cancer and may soon get approval in Europe. Tookad Soluble, a novel drug for prostate-cancer therapy delivered via injection and activated by laser light, was approved by Mexico’s health authority for early-stage prostate cancer earlier this year  and now is undergoing … [Read more...]

Israeli researchers develop method to diagnose diabetes, multiple sclerosis, pancreatic cancer, pancreatitis and brain damage from one blood test. An Israeli-led international team of researchers has proof of concept for a single blood test that can detect multiple conditions, including diabetes, cancer, traumatic injury and neurodegeneration, in a highly sensitive … [Read more...]