Doctors removed a battery from the stomach of 10-month-old Ram Jannam from the Druze/Arab town of Maghar; Israel’s Stratasys is teaming up with multinational 3D software company Dassault Systèmes and robotics innovator Easton LaChappelle to provide amputees with affordable, custom-made, battery-powered prosthetic limbs; the only chance Kyra Warrell the UK had of saving her leg from amputation wassurgery at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center, and much more.

ISRAEL’S MEDICAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Doctors remove battery from infant’s stomach

10-month-old Ram Jannam from the Druze/Arab town of Maghar, broke his toy telephone and swallowed the battery. Doctors at Israel’s Padeh-Poriya Medical Center in Tiberias, extracted the battery endoscopically under anesthesia. Ram is now back home and doing well.
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/israeli-doctors-remove-battery-from-10-months-old-babys-stomach/2018/02/06/

Printing prosthetic arms for amputees

Israel’s Stratasys is teaming up with multinational 3D software company Dassault Systèmes and robotics innovator Easton LaChappelle to provide amputees with affordable, custom-made, battery-powered prosthetic limbs, created using 3D scanners for printing anywhere in the world.
http://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3731258,00.html

British girl’s leg is saved

I reported previously (7th Jan) that the only chance Kyra Warrell, of Brighton, UK had of saving her leg from amputation, was for surgery at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center by visiting US (Israeli-born) surgeon Dr Dror Paley. Many Israelis helped Kyra’s family and the operation was a success.
https://www.jta.org/2018/02/06/news-opinion/israel-middle-east/british-girl-6-undergoes-special-surgery-in-israel-to-keep-her-leg/amp

Israel marks World Cancer Day

This video of five major Israeli cancer detection and treatments was released to mark World Cancer Day on 4th Feb. They are Velcade for multiple myeloma; IceCure; RAD51 gene research; bone marrow transplants for leukemia; and Doxil’s delivery direct to the tumor.

On the trail of the malaria virus

I reported previously (Mar 2015) that Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists made progress countering the way the malaria virus hides its genes from the immune system. Now Weizmann Institute scientists have disabled the gene that fools the immune system into attacking decoy cells.
http://nocamels.com/2018/01/israeli-scientists-breakthrough-malaria/

NHS target for Israeli digital health tech startups

British Jewish philanthropist David Dangoor is launching the UK Israel Dangoor Health Initiative. This new accelerator/hub will match a pipeline of Israeli digital-health startups with Britain’s NHS. http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/philanthropist-david-dangoor-well-pipe-israeli-health-tech-directly-into-the-nhs/

Israeli innovations saving lives

Nice short video featuring some of the many Israeli life-saving and life-enhancing medical innovations.

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