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Posted by YarnWright on April 24, 2007, 11:32 pm
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen spun a FINE 'yarn':
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> ISRAEL AT 59!
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> 7,150,000 RESIDENTS IN ISRAEL(Tel Aviv) As Israels 59th Independence Day
> approaches, the countrys population stands at 7,150,000 residents, almost
> nine times its population of 806,000 at the time of the states creation in
> 1948. According to the Central Statistics Bureau, 76 per cent are Jewish, 20
> per cent are Arab and 4 per cent are other. In 1948, Tel Avivwith 248,500
> residentswas the only city in Israel with over 100,000 residents. Today, 44
> per cent of Israelis live in a city with a population greater than 100,000.
> (Ynet News, April 22)<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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> DEVICE MAKES WALKING EASIER FOR MS PATIENTS(Haifa) A Technion Institute
> computer science researcher has devised an auditory feedback system which
> enables patients with multiple sclerosis to improve their gait. Professor
> Yoram Baram said that the apparatus, which is an updated version of a virtual
> reality visual feedback device he developed a decade ago, can also help
> Parkinsons disease patients walk better. The visual feedback apparatus
> developed ten years ago influences more stride length while the auditory
> apparatus influences walking speed. Now that both devices have been
> integrated, the patient wears the visual feedback apparatus on his eyes and
> the earphones are connected to it. The results of Barams work were recently
> published in the Journal of Neurological Sciences. (Israel Ministry of
> Foreign Affairs, Apr.10)
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> ISRAELI BREAKTHROUGH PROMISES TO SAVE LIVES(Haifa) Cardiologists from Rambam
> Medical Center have proven for the first time that a prototype hybrid device
> combining a computerized tomography coronary angriography with an advanced
> nuclear camera can be much safer and more accurate in determining whether
> patients with chest pains need invasive treatment to prevent a heart attack.
> The innovative technology provides an accurate diagnosis of clogged coronary
> arteriesthe same level as that in invasive catheterization but much more
> accurate than that from ordinary CT imaging of the heart alone. This will
> make many diagnostic catheterizationswhich pose risks to the
> patientunnecessary. Articles on the research were published in the Journal
> of the American College of Cardiology. (Jerusalem Post, March 1)
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> ISRAEL DEVELOPS BIOLOGICAL CLEANING PROCESS(Tel Aviv) Professor Eugene
> Rosenberg, an Israeli professor from Tel Aviv University, has discovered
> good variety of bacteria called arthrobactor which is present at sites of
> crude oil contamination. The single-celled microorganisms enjoy feasting on
> oil and therefore play a major role in cleaning up oil spills. Based on
> Rosenbergs research, the newly formed Israeli company BioPetroClean is
> helping oil companies clean up accidental and purposeful oil contamination.
> The company has reared Rosenbergs strains of bacteria on a large scale and
> is building custom-made reactors to provide a green, clean, and
> cost-effective solution to many forms of oil contamination. (Israel Ministry
> of Foreign Affairs, April 8)
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> FIRST ISRAELI SAVED FROM ACUTE LEUKEMIA(Tel Hashomer, Israel) For the first
> time in Israel, the life of a woman suffering from secondary acute leukemia
> was saved by umbilical cord blood donated by two mothers after they gave
> birth. Stem cells from cord blood do not have to be the exact tissue type of
> the recipient, unlike bone marrow from adults. Sheba Hospital said the graft
> took in two weeks rather than the month it usually takes for bone marrow. The
> hospitals cord blood bank recently became the first in Israel to be
> accredited by the American Association of Blood Banks, which is the biggest
> regulatory body for the accreditation of blood banks, including that of the
> American Red Cross. (Jerusalem Post, February 2)
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> COMPUTERIZED LEGS HELP IDF AMPUTEES(Tel Aviv) In March 2006 Dr. Ido Katz was
> one of 25 Israel Defense Forces veteran amputees whose mechanical, prosthetic
> legs were replaced with computerized models. Katz, deputy director of Assaf
> Harofeh Hospital, had one of his legs amputated above the knee after he was
> wounded in the first war with Lebanon. He explains that the main advantage of
> a microprocessor knee prosthesis is the confidence that it instills in its
> users. The mechanical prosthesis currently used by most amputees may collapse
> when it hits an obstaclecausing the user to fallwhile the computerized
> prosthesis allows users to descend stairs and hills smoothly, Katz said.
> About 15,000 amputees around the world use mircroprocessor knees, which were
> developed in Canada and produced by the German Otto Bock company, an expert
> in prosthesis manufacturing. (Haaretz, May 31, 2006)
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> ENZYME COMPUTER COULD LIVE INSIDE BODY(Jerusalem) A molecular computer that
> uses enzymes to perform calculations has been built by researchers in Israel.
> Itamar Willner, who constructed the molecular calculator with colleagues at
> the Hebrew University, believes enzyme-powered computers could eventually be
> implanted into the human body and used for various purposes. One use could be
> tailoring the release of drugs to a specific persons metabolism. Martyn Amos
> from University of Exeter in the UK, also sees great potential for such
> devices. If such counters could be engineered inside living cells, then we
> can imagine them playing a role in applications such as intelligent drug
> delivery, where a therapeutic agent is generated at the site of a problem.
> (New Scientist, February 23, 2006)
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Mirjam. . .
Thank you for posting, my dear friend!
Noreen
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