'In the US alone, there are 900,000 deaths per year from organ impairment, while only 31,000 transplants are performed each year,' according to Collplant.

Wow! Tobacco plants, associated with lung disease, will be transformed into a collagen-expressing plant essential to the production of transplantable lungs.

Israel’s CollPlant has been awarded the EU CE Mark for VergenixSTR, a soft tissue repair matrix for the treatment of tendinopathy; Hebrew University scientists’ peptide treatment for HIV to make it self-destruct has now been tested on the blood from AIDS patients, and much more.

Israeli biotech Kamada has launched a anti-Rabies vaccine in 10 countries, and Israel’s CollPlant announced positive final trial results for a gel designed for the treatment of chronic, hard to heal wounds and surgical wounds.