The Israelis do not make islands in the shape of palm trees nor towering skyscrapers nor expensive hotels nor do their leaders use cars with massive silver bodies( clear allusion to Dubai and the UAE). The pride of the State of Israel is that soon its technologies will be able to be used by all humanity.
1. Tel Aviv University is developing a nasal vaccine that will protect people from Alzheimer's and stroke.
2. The Technion, Institute of Technology(Haifa) has developed a simple blood test capable of detecting different types of cancer.
3. The Ichlov Center (Tel Aviv) isolated a protein that makes colonoscopy unnecessary to detect colon cancer with a simple blood test. Colon cancer kills about 500,000 people annually.
4. Acne doesn't kill anyone but it does cause anxiety and dissatisfaction in teens. The Curlight Laboratory has created a cure by emitting UV rays - high intensity, which kills the bacteria that cause acne without generating additional complications....
5. The Given Imaging Laboratory has developed a tiny camera in the form of swallowed pills and transmits thousands of photos of the digestive tract. These high quality photos (2 per second for 8 hours) can detect polyps, cancers and sources of bleeding. The photos are sent to a chip that stores them and and sends to a computer. At the end of the process, the chamber is eliminated via the rectum.
6. The Hebrew University (Jerusalem) developed an electrical neurostimulator (batteries) that is implanted in the chest of Parkinson's patients, similar to the pacemaker. The emissions from this device block the nerve signals that cause tremours.
7. The simple smell of a patient's breath can detect if a patient has lung cancer. The Russell Berrie Institute for Nanotechnology has created sensors capable of sensing and registering 42 biological markers that indicate the presence of lung cancer without the need for a biopsy.
8. Catheterization can be dispensed with in mant cases. Endopat is a device placed between the indicator fingers which can measure the state of the arteries and predict the possibility of a heart attack in the next 7 years.
9. The University of Bar Ilan studies a new drug that fights viruses through the bloodstream. It is called Vecoy Trap, as it tricks a virus into self-destruction. Very useful to combat hepatitis and in the future Aids and Ebola.
10. Israeli scientists at Hadassah Medical Center (Jerusalem) may have discovered the first cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehring's disease, in an Orthodox rabbi. Stephen Hawking, a famous British scientist, suffered from this disease and used methods invented by Israeli scientists to communicate.
The world does not live on bad news alone. Information like this is what is missing.
Tailpiece.
Got up at a half past 6, opened up the house and put on the music. The chores and was ready by a quarter past 9. It was a thoroughly wet day. Sanil and Mini had gone to Ayoor to look up his mother who hasn't been keeping well for the past few days.
A quiet day otherwise. Participated in the Aazhchakkoottam : "The realities and doubts about Covid vaccines" by Dr Pankaj Srivastava, Senior Cardiac Surgeon, Lucknow. An interesting interaction!
Rain accompanied by thunder and lightning with power breakdown. Post sunset was really wet!
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