Two Israeli companies have partnered to cut the risk of patient infections dramatically in 10 hospitals in the US, Switzerland and Israel, and doctors at Hadassah University Medical Centre in Jerusalem successfully treated 15 children from Russia who suffer from osteopetrosis, a rare and fatal genetic bone disease, and much more.
By: Michael Ordman
ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Preventing hospital infections
Two Israeli companies have partnered to cut the risk of patient infections dramatically in 10 hospitals in the US, Switzerland and Israel. Hyginex wristbands, sensors and beacons use Atomation’s IoT platform to capture data on staff hand washing and vibrate to remind them before and after patient contact.
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-atomation-hyginex-to-cut-hospital-infection-rates-1001115705
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-22cKRceYHo
Curing Russian children of bone disease
Doctors at Hadassah University Medical Centre in Jerusalem successfully treated 15 children from Russia who suffer from osteopetrosis, a rare and fatal genetic bone disease. In the northern Russian Republic of Chuvash, one of every 4,000 newborns has this condition.
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/The-Human-Spirit-Osteopetrosis-and-our-little-Israel-446757
Blood cancer treatment success
Israel’s Gamida Cell reported good results from Duke University trials of its NiCord blood cancer treatment. Compared with 101 patients receiving ordinary umbilical cord blood, the 18 patients using NiCord had a lower mortality rate, less infections and less time in hospital post-transplantation.
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-gamida-cell-further-positive-blood-cancer-trial-results-1001115578
More cancer tests
Israel’s Rosetta Genomics has made three major additions to its unique molecular diagnostic testing service. They are for hematologic cancers (e.g. leukemia, lymphomas and myeloma), BRAF mutation analysis for lung cancer and NRAS mutation analysis for colon cancer.
http://rosettagx.com/files/press-releases/14564250011421300c412dce1317893ec2b26133cc.PDF
World’s first nuclear imaging machine
Israeli patients will be the first in the world to enjoy a first-of-its-kind hybrid nuclear imaging scanner, at Haifa’s Rambam Hospital. Doctors can map tissues and bones and identify diseases including cancer, heart and kidney diseases, broken bones, and infections.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-patients-first-to-use-worlds-only-innovative-nuclear-imaging-technology/
A mechanical pacemaker beats them all
Scientists at Israel’s Technion Institute have trained cardiac cells to beat using mechanical stimuli that do not come into contact with the cells. The cardiac cells continued to beat over an hour after the mechanical stimulus ceased. It could lead to development of more effective pacemakers.
http://www.israel21c.org/building-a-better-pacemaker-by-training-cardiac-cells-to-beat/
http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nphys3619.html
Cancer victim gets new 3D printed jaw
Doctors at the Poriya hospital near Tiberias treated a patient suffering from a large tumor in the back of his jaw by replacing the damaged part with a titanium copy that they made using a 3-D printer. The patient started to eat normally only a few hours after his surgery.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/israeli-doctors-implant-3-d-printed-jaw-in-cancer-patient/
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