ILSI-Biomed Israel

BioMed 2010: Merck-Serono reaches out to collaborate with Israeli companies and entrepreneurs

BioMed 2010: Merck-Serono reaches out to collaborate with Israeli companies and entrepreneurs This is done through Inter-lab is the company's R&D center in Israel • Inter-Lab CEO, Regine Shevach: "The Israeli science has a special zest to it, one which we are thrilled to encounter time and time again; Together with Merck Serono, this special zest can create the next blockbuster drug…" Merck Serono, the largest biotechnology company in Europe, is calling on Israeli entrepreneurs and comp...

ILSI-BioMed 2010 Has Begun!

This morning the ILSI-BioMed Week 2010 has finally been launched, with 7,000 anticipated participants that will take part in lectures and meetings with the experts and seniors of the bio-pharma and medical equipment industry in Israel and abroad. Following the opening words of the event's organizers, ILSI and Kenes, the president of Israel Shimon Peres came up to the stage and surveyed the future of Israel, which will be based on advanced technologies and serve as an example to the entire...

BioMed 2010 week Innovations: The New Generation of PainShield

NanoVibronix will present the second generation of PainShield – for the treatment of pain and chronic wounds using ultrasound waves Following the commercial success of the first generation PainShield device, for the treatment of (surprise, surprise) pain, especially one that stems from Trigeminal Neualgia, the Israeli company NanoVibronix now reveals the second generation of the device. This time, it has some extra capabilities to treat chronic wounds. NanoVibronix, based in Nesher, is develo...

Stem Cells as Seek-and-Destory Missiles against Cancer

As published in New Scientist, stem cells were succesfully modified to act as seek-and-destroy missiles against cancer in mice brains Stem cells are often viewed as the ultimate solution for regenerative medicine, and for a good cause. Given the correct cues, they can regenerate whole parts of the body, and even re-create an entire embryo (although that would require QUITE some understanding of the cues involved in the process). It seems, however, that now a new use has been found for the...

A Novel Israeli Kit for Regaining Feeling in the Palms

Sheba Hospital will expose a Israeli kit for sensory training, that improves the brain activity for patients who suffer from a decrease in feeling in the palms The Department for Multiple Sclerosis in Sheba Hopsital will present for the first time a novel kit for sensory training, that improves patients' brain activity. The kit will be presented in the BioMed Israel Week 2010, which will be held on July 14th-16th in Tel Aviv. The kit is based on cylinders that come in varied textures, an...

Cardiovascular Therapy in the 2020s

As part of the BioMed Conference, a Cardiovascular Technology Workshop will be held on Monday, June 14, 12:00–18:30 at the Dan Panorama Hotel, Tel Aviv This message is also available online   Cardiovascular Therapy in the 2020s An ILSI-BioMed Workshop Sponsored by As part of the BioMed Conference, a Cardiovascular Technology Workshop will be held on Monday, June 14, 12:00–18:30 at the Dan Panorama Hotel, Tel Aviv.The most acclaimed inte...

A Novel Artificial Pancreas System

An aritifical pancreas system that maintains near-normal glucose levels by injecting both insulin and glucagon was succesfully demonstrated on a small number of patients An artificial pancreas system that closely mimics the body's blood sugar control mechanism was able to maintain near-normal glucose levels without causing hypoglycemia in a small group of patients. The system, combining a blood glucose monitor and insulin pump technology with software that directs administration of insulin an...

Antioxidants Cause Genetic Abnormalities?

A new research reveals that high doses of antioxidants cause stem cells to develop genetic abnormalities, paving the way for cancer When people look back on the beginning of the 21st century, they might think this was the time of the antioxidants. Antioxidants supplements are being sold everywhere, usually without a doctor prescription, as a way to halt aging, heart diseases and whatever else is promised on the label. But current research, published online in the medical journal Stem Cells, r...

The Power Solution: Thermoelectric Generators to Sustain Implanted Medical Devices

Efficient thermoelectric generators were recently published as a possibly efficient way to sustain implanted medical devices Let's face it: we're dealing with an aging population. There's no way around this fact, and the obvious implication is that in the future we're going to need better heart pacemakers and better systems for insulin injection. The future seems to be heading towards more sophisticated implantable machinery, be it pacemakers or sustainable drug-release devices inside the bod...

Plastics that Distort DNA Readings

A new research reveals that polypropylene tubes can contaminate solutions in the PCR and distort the DNA spectrometer readings. One year ago, a group of researchers at Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem reported a sharp rise in the diagnoses of a certain metabolic disorder. To those of us who live in Jerusalem, fear not. Other than the Holyland story, nothing really happened in the Israeli capital in the last year. The only change is that the lab at Hadassah changed th...