As you are, no doubt, aware, some people – no shortage of them on college campuses – are hot and heavy into the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) movement.
Well, here\’s a little piece of advice that, I would hope, the people it addresses will take to heart. And brain. And lung. And pancreas. And neurological system. And ….. well, you get the idea.
FYI: Here is a partial list of what would be boycotted, extracted from a much larger list, provided here – which is also partial.
The Israeli-developed “Ex-Press Shunt” is providing relief for glaucoma sufferers.
Researchers in Israel have developed a device that helps the heart pump blood, an innovation that has the potential to save lives of people with congestive heart failure.
An Israeli has invented a “bone glue” that will reduce the need for bone transplants.
Israeli-developed elderberry extract is one of America\’s best-selling flu prevention medicines.
Scientists at Ben Gurion University have discovered that citral, the ingredient that gives a lemony fragrance and taste to several herbs such as lemon balm and melissa, cause cancer cells to self-destruct but does not harm normal cells.
The Israeli company Shulov Institute for Sciences has identified chemicals in snake venom that can serve as a powerful analgesic for the chronic pain of conditions such as arthritis as well as from diseases such as cancer.
Microscopic computers made solely from biological molecules that will function inside living tissues, diagnose diseases, and administer treatment even before symptoms appear have been brought closer with the latest breakthrough by the Weismann Institute in Rehovot.
Scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot have developed a new method to selectively kill cancer cells, leaving healthy ones intact.
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute have also reported that they have been able to stop the spread of colon cancer cells in laboratory tests.
An Israeli start-up company called Gamida-Cell has developed a revolutionary treatment for leukemia using a stem-cell derived product.
Researchers at the Technion and Ramabam, working together as a team, are the first to create contracting heart cells from human embryo stem cells and successfully plant them into pig hearts so they function as biological pacemakers. In time it is anticipated that such a process can replace or work along with mechanical pacemakers. And ultimately is hoped that after a major heart attack cells can be implanted that will integrate with existing cells and beat in unison with them, thereby restoring function in damaged hearts.
An Israeli team has created — via tissue engineering — a process, demonstrated in pigs (which have hearts anatomically very similar to human hearts), that allows injectable healthy heart muscle cells to replace tissue that has died because of a heart attack.
Givun Imaging, an Israeli company, developed the first ingestible video camera, so small it fits inside a pill. Used to view the small intestine from the inside, the camera helps doctors diagnose cancer and digestive disorders.
Happy and healthy, guys.
