Israel In Our Day Listen online: http://frontpagejerusalem.com/site/index.php
Reported by Shalle McDonald
Written by Kasey Barr
We can thank Israeli innovation for many of our modern, life improving, technical gadgets upon which so many of us rely today – including the cell phone, disk-on-key storage devices and more. Recently Israel 21C listed “Israel’s top ten must have gadgets.” Among the ten was a revolutionary travel device called, “Easy-2-Pick.” Front Page featured this device as it was being developed in 2008, today Easy-2-Pick is now available for purchase and is a “must have,” at least among frequent flyers.
Retired IDF colonel Yoav Ben-David and his partner Zvi Kanor from American Express Travel in Tel Aviv have come up with an electronic device to connect passengers to their luggage through radio frequency and thus avoiding the unpleasant push and shove that comes when weary travelers expend their last bit of strength to wrestle humans, machines and the countless lot of black suitcases to secure their personal possessions.
Easy-2-Pick is an electronic luggage tag about the size of a credit card which transmits to a small, circular receiver carried by the passenger. When the luggage tag is within 12-15 meters of the receiver it begins to transmit a signal alerting the traveler that his luggage is nearby.
The idea came to Ben-David when, like so many other Israelis, he faced a situation he was sure that modern technology could solve with the right innovative thinking.
“Passengers were pushing each other and there was total chaos,” he recalled in an interview with Israeli press. “I thought for sure there had to be a better way of waiting for one's luggage, without the stress.”
And so he and Kanor set out to work with the Israeli electronics industry to come up with a transmitter and receiver that would work on a special algorithm.
“The first step was getting the credit-card-sized transmitter to 'talk' to its receiver, a circular device that fits neatly in-hand. The next step was to get different ones to talk to different receivers,” Kanor told Israel21C, allowing for a time when many travelers will opt for this technology. They also had to work with Airports in order to transmit at a frequency that would not interfere with airport infrastructure.
Today the technology is ironed out and all a traveler has to do is attach a smart tag to his suitcase and keep the remote in your pocket or purse. Once the traveler is in the baggage claim area, the technology works at a distance up to 60 feet away. It is possible to sit back, relax and wait for the remote to signal you with beeps, flashes and vibrations. No more wading through a sea of suitcases.
Easy-2-Pick is now available online and in select stores. It retails for around 25 to 30 dollars. Traveling today can be complicated and full of frustration. While Easy-2-Pick may not make security checks less stressful, seats less cramped and boxed food a little tastier, this smart device is sure to bring more civility to your world, at least around the luggage carousel and in baggage claims across the globe.
Additional Resources:
Israel21C - www.israel21c.org/technology/an-end-to-luggage-hell
www.gearlog.com/2008/07/easy2pick_looks_to_make_air_tr.php
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Intubation Solutions:
Israeli Innovation Continues to Improve Emergency Medicine
Israelis are renown world-wide for their skills and innovation in the field of emergency medicine, as was demonstrated in the aftermath of Haiti's earthquake. An upcoming Israeli invention is poised to make another significant improvement in emergency care that will have patients and first-responders breathing easier.
Endo-Tracheal Intubation (ETI) is one of the most common procedures used in emergency medicine and anesthesiology. It is utilized to establish an airway when a patient fails to breathe independently. In the U.S. alone, there are over 25 million ETI procedures annually.
According to the emergency guidelines of the American Heart Association, intubation should not last longer than thirty seconds. Longer intubation procedures put patients in danger of hypoxia with consequent death or irreversible brain damage.
Today's laryngoscope medical devices have no means for calculating time. Yuval Bar, Israeli inventor, businessman and former paramedic, is working hard to change that.
Bar worked for more than 6 years as a paramedic for Israeli Magen David Adom and served as a medical instructor for emergency care at Tel Aviv Medical Center. He also participated in several international humanitarian medical missions organized by the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
While training his students and foreign colleagues to provide emergency care, Mr. Bar found a simple yet elegant solution to the timing issue, a built-in timing device on the laryngoscope. He quickly filed a patent and built a team to transform his idea into a life-saving device.
“For a surgeon in the safe, controlled environment of an operating room, the lack of a timing device is not so critical. But for emergency providers such as a medic on the battlefield or a paramedic on the road, it could mean the difference between life and death.” Bar told FrontPage.
The malpractice research project of the American Society of Anesthesiologists demonstrates the lack of a timing device makes intubation procedures prone to dangerous mistakes. Analyses of 2,000 malpractice claims reveal that prolonged and persistent intubation attempts were the most common events that led to catastrophic respiratory events including brain damage and death.
Dr. Pinchas Halpern, Chairman of the Tel Aviv Medical Center's Emergency Department quickly joined the venture. With over 30 years of experience in the EMS field, he saw the potential medical and financial value the patent. Avraham Jaeger serves as Marketing consultant and engineer Ronny Shabbat, joined the team to help construct a prototype with funds awarded to Mr. Bar by TNUFA, Israel's Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor.
Bar now holds a second patent for what he termed the “Smart Blade,” a larygoscope fitted with a pulse oximeter monitor placed on the blade which will instantly indicate the patients values of oxygen saturation on the device.
Bar established, Intubation Solutions LTD (http://www.intubationsolutions.com/), and is in the phase of seeking investment partners to begin manufacturing. The U.S. Army and American EMS suppliers have already expressed enthusiastic interest.
“Several suppliers want to orders” said Bar, “We just need investments to begin production,” Despite the global economic downturn, Bar remains determined to get his start-up company off the ground and his devices to market.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Therapeutic Riding in Israel
Israel in Our Day: Therapeutic Riding
Reported by Shalle McDonald
Written by Kasey Barr
January 2010
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Therapeutic horseback riding has become one of the most progressive forms of recreational therapy and is gaining recognition world-wide as well as in Israel.
According to the Israel National Therapeutic Riding Association (INTRA) “therapeutic riding is a treatment modality that uses the rhythmic movement of the horse to provide numerous physical benefits and psychological benefits. It is also strenuous aerobic activity stimulating a strong sense of mobility, power and control, balance and coordination, accomplishing co-operation, communication and concentration.”
Shlomi and Frieda Pillersdorf are the owners and managers of Chavat Chaim or “Life Farm” in Ra'anana Israel. Frieda directs the Therapeutic riding program and works with students of all ages and abilities including survivors of terror attacks, children at risk, traumatic brain injury patients, children with autism, developmental disorders, cerebral palsy and a broad spectrum of physical and emotional problems.
Frieda, who studied alternative communication, was among the first in Israel to test the waters and enter into the practice of therapeutic instruction for patients with severe head injuries. Nearly two decades ago, Frieda began using animals in the physical and mental recovery of patients with traumatic head injuries. She worked at the Medical Center in Hertzlia and saw how animals could make a change in patients that were otherwise unresponsive. Through her research and practical experience she discovered that animals are a powerful trigger for rehabilitation. Frieda explained to Front Page Jerusalem that head injury patients need powerful stimulates to trigger a response and animals often motivate that response when little else can.
Though the main focus of the farm is therapeutic riding, Chavat Chaim also work with smaller animals such as rabbits, birds, dogs and goats. Frieda explained that in many cases small animals can make a larger impact because their response to human interaction is easier to see and influence.
Today Frieda, and her husband Shlomi, are in their eighth year as owners of their own therapeutic riding facility. A quick scan of the parent's waiting area provides an interesting insight into the philosophy of the farm. Orthodox parents, secular parents, Asian parents and group home parents all sit together watching proudly as their children learn to ride and overcome great challenges with broad smiles across their faces.
“For us we believe that in our small farm we are changing the community'” Frieda told Front Page, “If we all can learn to be together with everyone, Arab, Jew, or Christian, positive changes will come. I think if everyone can do a small change all of us can make a big change together. We need to ask ourselves,'what small change we can make today?'”
This patient approach is what makes Frieda such a successful therapeutic riding instructor. She celebrates the small victory and truly believes that each little success will culminate in an overall victory of great impact – for her students and for the community at large.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
SeGen Underwater Technology
Israel In Our Day Listen online: http://frontpagejerusalem.com/site/index.php
Reported by Shalle McDonald
Written by Kasey Barr
Israeli company, SeaGen, has developed a new solution to storing Liquefied Petroleum Gas in a manner that is far safer and environmentally friendly then the current steel storehouses that line the shores of many of the world’s port cities.
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), refers to the gaseous liquids that are produced when processing natural gas and crude oil. The two main commercial bi-products are propane and butane. Propane and butane are widely used in fuels for certain types of ovens, grills, heating systems and vehicles.
Forty percent of the world’s consumption of LPG, about 100 million tons per year, is currently being stored in 16,000 storage sites throughout the world. These areas are considered increasingly vulnerable to accidents and attacks. Most storage units are near residential areas where any mishap has the potential to create mass human casualties in addition to devastating ecological damages.
Many companies are increasing security for their storage facilities to prevent possible terrorist attacks as well as investing in technologies to prevent accidental explosions. Land LPG storage devices are particularly dangerous because the liquefied petroleum gas is stored at a pressure much greater than that of the surrounding air.
Based on the use of underwater hydrostatic pressure, SeaGen Systems has developed an innovative underwater LPG storage terminal that maintains the gas in its liquefied form in a uniquely developed “smart” container system. The underwater system not only helps eliminate risks, but it is based on clean technology. Many of the existing storage units are old and rusting and often leak significant amounts of Petrolium which increase the risk of explosions during the transferring of LPG to carrier vehicles.
CEO of SeaGen, Ofir Sarid, claims that with the SeaGen solution, the gas stored off shore and under the water “has no chance of explosion.” Sarid explains, “If you have a spark around [a land] site there can be explosions and dead people… under water, there is no pressure difference between inside the tanks and underwater so no explosion could be possible.”
If a leak would occur, the gasses would simply bubble to the surface where they would simply be released into the air. Also, underwater smart tanks would be much more difficult to find and sabotage making the Sea Gen underwater storage devices a win-win product for both environmentalists and security forces.
Another attractive advantage to the underwater storage devices is the potential to free-up large plots of real-estate currently dedicated to storing LPG. Sarid claims that SeaGen will enable municipalities in most of the western countries to clear their shorelines of unsightly stainless steel storage devices and open the areas for real-estate investment.
SeaGen is privately owned and operates under the “Yozmot HaEmek” technological incubator. SeaGen is in the process of obtaining the necessary permits for its new installations and hopes to begin setting up its pilot site for an LPG underwater storage farm off the coast of Israel by the end of the year.
Reported by Shalle McDonald
Written by Kasey Barr
Israeli company, SeaGen, has developed a new solution to storing Liquefied Petroleum Gas in a manner that is far safer and environmentally friendly then the current steel storehouses that line the shores of many of the world’s port cities.
Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), refers to the gaseous liquids that are produced when processing natural gas and crude oil. The two main commercial bi-products are propane and butane. Propane and butane are widely used in fuels for certain types of ovens, grills, heating systems and vehicles.
Forty percent of the world’s consumption of LPG, about 100 million tons per year, is currently being stored in 16,000 storage sites throughout the world. These areas are considered increasingly vulnerable to accidents and attacks. Most storage units are near residential areas where any mishap has the potential to create mass human casualties in addition to devastating ecological damages.
Many companies are increasing security for their storage facilities to prevent possible terrorist attacks as well as investing in technologies to prevent accidental explosions. Land LPG storage devices are particularly dangerous because the liquefied petroleum gas is stored at a pressure much greater than that of the surrounding air.
Based on the use of underwater hydrostatic pressure, SeaGen Systems has developed an innovative underwater LPG storage terminal that maintains the gas in its liquefied form in a uniquely developed “smart” container system. The underwater system not only helps eliminate risks, but it is based on clean technology. Many of the existing storage units are old and rusting and often leak significant amounts of Petrolium which increase the risk of explosions during the transferring of LPG to carrier vehicles.
CEO of SeaGen, Ofir Sarid, claims that with the SeaGen solution, the gas stored off shore and under the water “has no chance of explosion.” Sarid explains, “If you have a spark around [a land] site there can be explosions and dead people… under water, there is no pressure difference between inside the tanks and underwater so no explosion could be possible.”
If a leak would occur, the gasses would simply bubble to the surface where they would simply be released into the air. Also, underwater smart tanks would be much more difficult to find and sabotage making the Sea Gen underwater storage devices a win-win product for both environmentalists and security forces.
Another attractive advantage to the underwater storage devices is the potential to free-up large plots of real-estate currently dedicated to storing LPG. Sarid claims that SeaGen will enable municipalities in most of the western countries to clear their shorelines of unsightly stainless steel storage devices and open the areas for real-estate investment.
SeaGen is privately owned and operates under the “Yozmot HaEmek” technological incubator. SeaGen is in the process of obtaining the necessary permits for its new installations and hopes to begin setting up its pilot site for an LPG underwater storage farm off the coast of Israel by the end of the year.
Monday, October 26, 2009
SAWA: Empowering the Bedouin Women
Israel In Our Day Listen online: http://frontpagejerusalem.com/site/index.php
Reported by Shalle McDonald
Written by Kasey Barr
According to a report from Israel 21C, hundreds of Bedouin women are becoming self-employed entrepreneurs thanks to Chagit Rubinstein and her SAWA microfinance program in Israel. Rubinstein is a native Israeli with a dream to empower the poorest populations in Israel. Microfinance is the practice of providing small loans to low-income populations to help them engage in productive activities.
Rubinstein was a Fulbright Scholar and earned her MBA in France before moving to the US to study microfinance at the American University in Washington, DC. After learning all the ins and outs of microfinance, Rubinstein returned to Israel to fulfill her goal of providing financial assistance to low-income woman with the desire to own their own business.
Once back in Israel, Rubinstein quickly formed SAWA, the country's only micro-credit program. SAWA, which means “together” in Arabic, provides collateral-free group loans. The 1,000th small-business loan was just granted to a woman with a dream to start her own sheep dairy. SAWA is funded by KIEDF, or the Koret Israel Economic Development Funds, a non-profit established in 1994.
Over 1 million dollars has been lent to 60 women through small grants of 1-2,000 dollars. Since its inception, only 2.6% of the loans have defaulted, which is far below the worldwide microlending average of 5%.
Many women in the Bedouin communities are lining up to receive loans; however it wasn't always like that. Rubinstein met with much suspicion in the early days. She faced two major obstacles: the concept of interest and a deep set gender bias. The former was much easier to overcome then the latter. Most Muslims believe that charging interest is against their religious system. Rubinstein simply eliminated the interest and instead charges a fixed participation fee.
Overcoming the gender stereotype took a little more effort. Bedouin communities are proudly male-dominant and require every woman to have the approval and support of a father, brother, husband, or son to engage in any activity. Rubinstein finds that most Arab men are, at least initially, very closed to the idea of women entrepreneurs. “Men are usually skeptical and don't believe their women can really do something profitable,” says Rubinstein.
To help bridge the cultural divide, Rubinstein recruited the help of Nuzha el-Huzail, a Bedouin woman and social worker with a PhD from Ben-Gurion University. Even with the help of el-Huzail, Rubinstein admits that it took time to earn their trust. After five months of meetings, they got a dozen people to give the program a try and from there things began to blossom.
SAWA is changing attitudes," el-Huzail says. Many women are fulfilling their dreams and brining much needed financial assistance to their families. Rubinstein is thrilled by the success of SAWA and hopes that in the near future she will be able to expand the project to other disadvantaged populations, including Ethiopian immigrants.
Reported by Shalle McDonald
Written by Kasey Barr
According to a report from Israel 21C, hundreds of Bedouin women are becoming self-employed entrepreneurs thanks to Chagit Rubinstein and her SAWA microfinance program in Israel. Rubinstein is a native Israeli with a dream to empower the poorest populations in Israel. Microfinance is the practice of providing small loans to low-income populations to help them engage in productive activities.
Rubinstein was a Fulbright Scholar and earned her MBA in France before moving to the US to study microfinance at the American University in Washington, DC. After learning all the ins and outs of microfinance, Rubinstein returned to Israel to fulfill her goal of providing financial assistance to low-income woman with the desire to own their own business.
Once back in Israel, Rubinstein quickly formed SAWA, the country's only micro-credit program. SAWA, which means “together” in Arabic, provides collateral-free group loans. The 1,000th small-business loan was just granted to a woman with a dream to start her own sheep dairy. SAWA is funded by KIEDF, or the Koret Israel Economic Development Funds, a non-profit established in 1994.
Over 1 million dollars has been lent to 60 women through small grants of 1-2,000 dollars. Since its inception, only 2.6% of the loans have defaulted, which is far below the worldwide microlending average of 5%.
Many women in the Bedouin communities are lining up to receive loans; however it wasn't always like that. Rubinstein met with much suspicion in the early days. She faced two major obstacles: the concept of interest and a deep set gender bias. The former was much easier to overcome then the latter. Most Muslims believe that charging interest is against their religious system. Rubinstein simply eliminated the interest and instead charges a fixed participation fee.
Overcoming the gender stereotype took a little more effort. Bedouin communities are proudly male-dominant and require every woman to have the approval and support of a father, brother, husband, or son to engage in any activity. Rubinstein finds that most Arab men are, at least initially, very closed to the idea of women entrepreneurs. “Men are usually skeptical and don't believe their women can really do something profitable,” says Rubinstein.
To help bridge the cultural divide, Rubinstein recruited the help of Nuzha el-Huzail, a Bedouin woman and social worker with a PhD from Ben-Gurion University. Even with the help of el-Huzail, Rubinstein admits that it took time to earn their trust. After five months of meetings, they got a dozen people to give the program a try and from there things began to blossom.
SAWA is changing attitudes," el-Huzail says. Many women are fulfilling their dreams and brining much needed financial assistance to their families. Rubinstein is thrilled by the success of SAWA and hopes that in the near future she will be able to expand the project to other disadvantaged populations, including Ethiopian immigrants.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Tires of the Negev
Israel In Our Day Listen online: http://frontpagejerusalem.com/site/index.php
Reported by Shalle McDonald
Written by Kasey Barr
Not many people would connect the Negev desert of Israel to the production of snow tires; however one of the materials used to give tires more traction in cold temperatures comes directly from the southern sands of Israel.
Silica, or silicon dioxide, has become a standard element in the manufacturing of tires to provide better traction and breaking ability, especially in snow-tires. Michelin Tire director Parmeet Grover, praised silica for three significant benefits: Grover claims the substance provides pliability in cold temperatures when rubber without silica begins to stiffen and become more hazardous. He explains that it also improves fuel economy by reducing the tires’ rolling resistance and is proven to make tires last longer and wear better.
Silica is the most abundant mineral in soil. Besides tires, it is used to manufacture several common and widely used products such of glass, computer chips, and concrete, just to name a few. It is found in sand and quartz throughout the world, but the Silica found in the Negev has a unique property not found in any other location.
According to a report from Israel21C, Ronen Peled, CEO of Dimona Silica Industries recently discovered that he can produce Silica from porcellanite, a substance considered to be a waste material left over from Israel’s phosphate mining industry. Putting waste to work is highly valued in today’s green economy, yet the scientists at Dimona Silica Industries (DSI), discovered another environmental fact that is expected to make Israel’s silica the desire of the international market.
In order to use silica in production, it must be heated to 1,500 degrees centigrade when it becomes a liquid that can be mixed and formed to create the many items we use today. A team at DSI discovered that the porcellanite from the Negev can yield liquid silica when heated to just 90 degrees centigrade.
This discovery makes Negev silica not only cheaper to produce but also a “green” product because it requires far less energy to produce. DSI plans to focus their market on the tire industry where they believe they can have the greatest impact.
“Many jurisdictions today require that at least a portion of every tire sold be made out of recycled or recyclable materials because tire production is known to be one of the biggest industrial polluters,” says Peled. DSI has spent the last decade acquiring patents, developing the right technology and passing regulatory requirements and is now ready to go to market. Israel has issued the company the rights to convert porcellannite in the Negev to Silica for the next 50 years. With this exclusivity, DSI felt confident to build its new facility where they have plans to employ 400 workers making it the largest employer in the Negev region.
Ready to produce green technology and green jobs, Dimona Silica Industries, is a name to watch.
With a cheaper, more environmentally friendly product, DSI hopes to become a powerful player in the world’s tire market, as well as a major force in strengthening the economy of Israel.
Reported by Shalle McDonald
Written by Kasey Barr
Not many people would connect the Negev desert of Israel to the production of snow tires; however one of the materials used to give tires more traction in cold temperatures comes directly from the southern sands of Israel.
Silica, or silicon dioxide, has become a standard element in the manufacturing of tires to provide better traction and breaking ability, especially in snow-tires. Michelin Tire director Parmeet Grover, praised silica for three significant benefits: Grover claims the substance provides pliability in cold temperatures when rubber without silica begins to stiffen and become more hazardous. He explains that it also improves fuel economy by reducing the tires’ rolling resistance and is proven to make tires last longer and wear better.
Silica is the most abundant mineral in soil. Besides tires, it is used to manufacture several common and widely used products such of glass, computer chips, and concrete, just to name a few. It is found in sand and quartz throughout the world, but the Silica found in the Negev has a unique property not found in any other location.
According to a report from Israel21C, Ronen Peled, CEO of Dimona Silica Industries recently discovered that he can produce Silica from porcellanite, a substance considered to be a waste material left over from Israel’s phosphate mining industry. Putting waste to work is highly valued in today’s green economy, yet the scientists at Dimona Silica Industries (DSI), discovered another environmental fact that is expected to make Israel’s silica the desire of the international market.
In order to use silica in production, it must be heated to 1,500 degrees centigrade when it becomes a liquid that can be mixed and formed to create the many items we use today. A team at DSI discovered that the porcellanite from the Negev can yield liquid silica when heated to just 90 degrees centigrade.
This discovery makes Negev silica not only cheaper to produce but also a “green” product because it requires far less energy to produce. DSI plans to focus their market on the tire industry where they believe they can have the greatest impact.
“Many jurisdictions today require that at least a portion of every tire sold be made out of recycled or recyclable materials because tire production is known to be one of the biggest industrial polluters,” says Peled. DSI has spent the last decade acquiring patents, developing the right technology and passing regulatory requirements and is now ready to go to market. Israel has issued the company the rights to convert porcellannite in the Negev to Silica for the next 50 years. With this exclusivity, DSI felt confident to build its new facility where they have plans to employ 400 workers making it the largest employer in the Negev region.
Ready to produce green technology and green jobs, Dimona Silica Industries, is a name to watch.
With a cheaper, more environmentally friendly product, DSI hopes to become a powerful player in the world’s tire market, as well as a major force in strengthening the economy of Israel.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Anti-Cancer Vitamin
Reported by Shalle McDonald
Written by Kasey Barr
Could preventing cancer be as simple as taking your daily vitamins? Dr. Fuad Fares, and Arab-Israeli scientist, believes he is very close to producing an anti-cancer daily supplement. Fares has spend years studying ancient herbal treatments and his latest research is revealing what he believes is a plant with a new family of antioxidants powerful enough to reduce and even prevent the development of cancer cells.
Dr. Fares recently published results from his experiments, conducted at the Carmel Medical Center at the University of Haifa lab, which demonstrate that the unnamed plant compound has indeed stopped prostate and colon cancer in mice as well as in human cancer cells in vitro.
Dr. Fares injected a crude extract of the plant into a test group of mice as a preventative medicine before introducing them with cancer. Of those given the plan injection, 80% were able to fight off cancer as compared to only 20% of the mice not given the herbal extract. Fares proceeded with a second test which demonstrated that the mice infected with cancer, who were given daily doses of the plan extract, were able to reduce the tumors by 70 to 80%.
Similar tests were executed on human cancer cells in vitro with the same dramatic results. "Just used as an extract it seems to be effective," says Fares, who is currently working on purifying the substance which may lead to even more startling results and quite possibly a medical breakthrough.
Numerous scientific studies prove that antioxidants, such as lycopene found in tomatoes, fight free radicals that lead to cancer. However, Fares' mystery plant with its supposed new family of antioxidants, may actually be able to prevent and reverse the disease that is affecting such a large percentage of the world's population.
According to Cancer Research UK, overall cancer rates have increased by one quarter since 1975. Each year 10.9 million people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer and each year an astounding 6.7 million die from the disease. Statistics reveal that more than 1 in 3 people will develop some sort of cancer in their lifetime.
For the many people suffering with the disease, Dr. Fares' herbal remedy brings hope that future cancer treatments will no longer include intensive and intrusive procedures such as chemotherapy and radio frequency, but could quite possibly be as simple as a supplement.
Dr. Fares is also director of Modigene, a company he created while doing postdoctoral work at Washington University. He will soon apply for a patent, and if his compound is determined to be unique, he will reveal the name of the plant and begin producing and marketing the wonder herb.
Dr. Fares remains tight lipped about the name of his herb, but he does disclose one fact, it grows in Israel. If Fares' research is verified, accepted and marketed many people throughout the world will have yet another reason to refer to Israel as the land of miracles.
Writen for Front Page Jerusalem: Listen online: http://frontpagejerusalem.com/site/index.php
Written by Kasey Barr
Could preventing cancer be as simple as taking your daily vitamins? Dr. Fuad Fares, and Arab-Israeli scientist, believes he is very close to producing an anti-cancer daily supplement. Fares has spend years studying ancient herbal treatments and his latest research is revealing what he believes is a plant with a new family of antioxidants powerful enough to reduce and even prevent the development of cancer cells.
Dr. Fares recently published results from his experiments, conducted at the Carmel Medical Center at the University of Haifa lab, which demonstrate that the unnamed plant compound has indeed stopped prostate and colon cancer in mice as well as in human cancer cells in vitro.
Dr. Fares injected a crude extract of the plant into a test group of mice as a preventative medicine before introducing them with cancer. Of those given the plan injection, 80% were able to fight off cancer as compared to only 20% of the mice not given the herbal extract. Fares proceeded with a second test which demonstrated that the mice infected with cancer, who were given daily doses of the plan extract, were able to reduce the tumors by 70 to 80%.
Similar tests were executed on human cancer cells in vitro with the same dramatic results. "Just used as an extract it seems to be effective," says Fares, who is currently working on purifying the substance which may lead to even more startling results and quite possibly a medical breakthrough.
Numerous scientific studies prove that antioxidants, such as lycopene found in tomatoes, fight free radicals that lead to cancer. However, Fares' mystery plant with its supposed new family of antioxidants, may actually be able to prevent and reverse the disease that is affecting such a large percentage of the world's population.
According to Cancer Research UK, overall cancer rates have increased by one quarter since 1975. Each year 10.9 million people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer and each year an astounding 6.7 million die from the disease. Statistics reveal that more than 1 in 3 people will develop some sort of cancer in their lifetime.
For the many people suffering with the disease, Dr. Fares' herbal remedy brings hope that future cancer treatments will no longer include intensive and intrusive procedures such as chemotherapy and radio frequency, but could quite possibly be as simple as a supplement.
Dr. Fares is also director of Modigene, a company he created while doing postdoctoral work at Washington University. He will soon apply for a patent, and if his compound is determined to be unique, he will reveal the name of the plant and begin producing and marketing the wonder herb.
Dr. Fares remains tight lipped about the name of his herb, but he does disclose one fact, it grows in Israel. If Fares' research is verified, accepted and marketed many people throughout the world will have yet another reason to refer to Israel as the land of miracles.
Writen for Front Page Jerusalem: Listen online: http://frontpagejerusalem.com/site/index.php
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