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ISRANALYTICA 2011, the 14rd Annual Meeting of the Israel Analytical Chemistry Society

You are invited to participate in ISRANALYTICA 2011, the 14rd Annual Meeting of the Israel Analytical Chemistry Society. The Conference and Exhibition will take place on February 7-8, 2011, at the David Intercontinental Hotel, Tel-Aviv, Israel. The annual meetings of the Israel Analytical Chemical Society have become one of the largest annual conferences in the world of analytical chemistry. Recent ISRANALYTICA meetings have seen about 3000 participants from the academia, industry, govern...

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...

Networking with Five Italian Companies

Five Italian biomedical companies are coming to Israel, and are interested in meeting suitable Israeli business partners It’s not WHAT you know, it’s WHO you know! Relationships are the catalyst for success! Do the above two statements look familiar? They should. They are the axioms of the Networking Theory (name not trademarked, invented on the spot). While networking seems to be the new religion of the business folks, I daresay that it’s been around for quite a bit. Even apes have...

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...

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...

Avraham Pharmaceuticals: $9 M Funding for a Multy-functional Alzheimer drug

Avraham Pharmaceuticals Ltd. has raised $9 million from Yissum Research Development Company (the technology transfer arm of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Pontifax, Clal Biotechnology Industries (CBI), Professor Marta Weinstock-Rosin and others.   Yissum has announced that, together with the Technion Research and Development Foundation (TRDF), the technology transfer arm of the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, it will exclusively license to Avraham the commercial rights of La...

The Law of the Ordinary and Contact Lenses against Glaucoma

A new invention in the form of contact lenses against glaucoma, shows how biomedical devices should be designed I like to think about biomedical instruments as bits of magic. Not because they cause wonders and provide instant-cures (though some do), but because the more ordinary and mundane in appearance they are, the better they become – much as in magic tricks. It’s the Law of the Ordinary ™. If you market a device for overcoming seizures, and it looks like a robotic arm-sleeve, the...

ISRANALYTICA – The 13th Annual Meeting of the Israel Analytical Chemistry Society

The 13th Annual Meeting of the Israel Analytical Chemistry Society: Conference & Exhibition. January 19-20, 2010, David Intercontinental Hotel, Tel-Aviv, Israel.   F0r the Conference Website - Press HERE   עמיתים יקרים בשם הוועדה המארגנת אני שמח להזמינכם להשתתף בכינוס ה-13 של החברה הישראלית לכימיה אנליטית – ישראנליטיקה 2010. המפגשים השנתיים של החברה הישראלית לכימיה אנליטית הפכו למפגשים הגדולים והחשובים ביותר בתחום הכימיה בישראל בכינוסי ישראנליטיקה שנערכו בשנים האחרונות השתתפו כ-...