Paralyzed Woman Finishes Marathon in Bionic Suit
May 9, 2012British mom crosses finish line at London Marathon 16 days after race began. (more…)
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IDF Launches New Submarine, a Possible Second Strike Weapon
May 4, 2012Israelnationalnews.com
By: Gabe Kahn and Gil Ronen
The IDF on Thursday launched the fourth Dolphin-class submarine – the INS Tanin [Crocodile] – to enter the service of Israel’s Navy. The ceremony, held in the German shipyards at Kiel near Hamburg, comes as Israel looks to built up its deterrent power on the seas. (more…)
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New Technology Turns Any Mirror Into a 3D Display
April 25, 2012Israelnationalnews.com
By: Elad Benari & Yoni Kempinski
Arutz Sheva attended Microsoft Israel R&D Center’s fourth annual Think Next 2012 conference in Tel Aviv and met the (Innovation Labs) iLabs team, which has developed a new technology. (more…)
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With New class, Cal Grad Furthers her Pro-Israel Battle
April 20, 2012Jweekly.com
By: Dan Pine
At her upcoming workshops, co-leader Jessica Felber will stand before Jewish high school students, work herself up into a minor rage and harp about the Zionist entity being an apartheid state.
Not that she believes it. (more…)
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Redhill Reports Success in Cancer Nausea Trial
April 18, 2012Globes.co.il
RedHill Biopharma Ltd. (TASE: RDHL) today announced success in the pivotal bioequivalence clinical trial of RHB-102 for the prevention of nausea in cancer patients. The trial met the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) endpoints comparing the once-a-day controlled release of RHB-102 with Zofran, made by GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE; LSE: GSK), the leading treatment for the prevention of nausea in cancer patients, which is taken several times a day. (more…)
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Israeli Donor Saves Turkish Patient’s Life
April 15, 2012Hurriyetdailynews.com
A Turkish leukemia patient, out of treatment options after 22 years, was matched with a bone marrow donor from Israel, resulting in a life-saving surgery against the backdrop of political tensions between their countries. (more…)
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A Heartwarming Tale of the New Middle East
March 26, 2012Israelhayom.com
By: Meital Yasur Beit Or
Two Iraqi children undergo successful surgeries at Wolfson Medical Center to repair congenital heart defects • Israeli non-profit Save a Child’s Heart organizes surgeries for children around the world, to date 2,500. (more…)
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Microsoft, Intel opening new research, start-up projects in Israel
March 17, 2012
By DAVID SHAMAH
Intel and GE Healthcare are opening a new research center to develop better medical device technologies, while Microsoft is opening its first-ever start-up accelerator in the Holy Land.
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Paralyzed Woman To Complete Marathon Using Robotic Skeleton
February 26, 2012Digitaltrends.com
BY TREVOR MOGG
A British woman who was paralysed in an accident five years ago is planning to use a robotic exoskeleton to help her complete the London marathon in April. Claire Lomas, who will be raising money for charity by taking part, thinks it may take her up to three weeks to finish. (more…)
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Bloomberg: Israel Safest for Investing
February 22, 2012Globes.co.il
By: Koby Yeshayahou
Among all the stock markets in developed countries, guess which one produced the highest risk-adjusted returns in the last ten years? The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Granted, in 2011 the TASE yielded lower returns than Wall Street and European markets, but the last decade shows a different picture. (more…)
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