Today I present to you my predictions for Israel’s
medical achievements that will take place in the forthcoming new Jewish Year of
5776. They are reliable predictions, as
they mirror actual events that occurred in 5775. I have only sufficient space here to include detailed
evidence for three of these predictions. Please visit my website
if you would like to view the remainder.
Here is my summary list of medical predictions
in full. The ones I expand here are
highlighted in red.
1. There will be
numerous major breakthroughs by Israelis in the search for a cure for cancer.
2. There will be huge Israeli advances in the
treatment of brain diseases.
3. New Israeli treatments will be found for
diabetes.
4. Israeli innovations and research will
give heart to cardiology patients.
5. Israelis will make major discoveries
about the immune system and auto-immune diseases.
6. Israelis will find new ways to fight
resistant strains of bacteria
7. Israelis will continue
to pursue treatments for rare diseases and conditions.
8. Israeli doctors
will personally intervene to save the lives and limbs of thousands of
non-Israelis.
9. New Israeli medical innovations will
improve the lives of disabled people.
10. There will be new Israeli medical
treatments for the relief of pain.
11. New Israeli devices and techniques will diagnose disease and injuries earlier and quicker.
12. New Israeli medicines, devices and
techniques will save and change lives and give hope to millions.
1.
There will be numerous major breakthroughs by Israelis in the search for
a cure for cancer.
The most promising Israeli news on cancer
treatment in 5775 included Weizmann Institute’s triple
treatment to stop tumor growth. Also,
the Technion’s use of the
body’s natural chemicals to suppress malignant growth and protect
healthy cells and its tiny
silicon containers that deliver chemotherapy without damaging healthy
tissue. Vaxil Biotherapeutics’ continues
to make progress with its anti-cancer
vaccine and so are Israel’s Compugen
with its five
candidate antibody therapies and cCAM
(just bought by Merck) with its CM-24
antibody for many types of cancer.
Further down the road, Israel’s Quiet
Therapeutics has developed nano-particles
that target biomarkers on tumors; an Israeli scientist has documented
which of 20,000 genes are targets to kill tumors. Weizmann scientists have
discovered a molecule to prevent “cell
membrane spam overload” – a trigger for cancer and Hebrew University of
Jerusalem scientists have discovered anti-tumor
neutrophils among white blood cells.
Many Israeli treatments target specific
cancers, such as the VB-111 ovarian
cancer treatment of VBL Therapeutics. Novocure’s TTFields scalp device slows the
growth of brain
tumors. Gamida Cell’s NiCord
stem cells treats leukemias
and Hodgkin lymphoma and IceCure Medical is now treating breast
cancer with its IceSense3 system.
Finally, Israeli researchers have discovered what causes melanoma
cells to turn into aggressive tumors and are convinced that it will soon lead
to a breakthrough treatment.
7. Israelis will continue to pursue treatments for rare diseases and conditions.
I have included this prediction in detail,
as I want to emphasize that Israeli scientists and companies do not just want
to ensure a big financial income from selling treatments for ailments affecting
millions of patients.
Last year, advances by Israeli biotechs and
scientists included:
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BioBlast’s Cabaletta treatment for oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD)
and spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3)
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Advanced
Inhalation Therapies’ Nitric Oxide treatment for cystic
fibrosis
-
Chiasma’s
oral treatment Octreotide, for acromegaly
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Protalix
Biotherepeutics’ PRX-102 treatment for Fabry’s
disease
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Enlivex’s
ApoCell treatment to prevent Graft-vs-Host
Disease
-
Foamix’s Finacea
Foam treatment for Rosacea
-
Nutrinia’s
NTRA-9620 treatment for intestinal
failure in preterms
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Tel Aviv
University researchers who are solving mysteries
regarding rare
genetic diseases
8. Individual Israeli doctors will save the lives and limbs of thousands of non-Israelis.
Israeli medicine is truly giving light to
the nations. In 5776 we will definitely
see more from Israel’s skilled and dedicated surgeons who were repairing
shattered lives throughout last year.
Save A Child’s Heart doctors are currently
working at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon to fix the hearts of 13 children
from Ethiopia, 9 from Zanzibar, 6 from Iraq, 5 from Kenya, one from the
Palestinian Authority and one from Gaza.
In May, SACH surgeons repaired a heart deformity in baby
Lisa from East Timor – the 50th country to send patients to SACH. In July, 20 SACH doctors, nurses and
technicians repaired the hearts of 10
children in Tanzania and examined hundreds more. In April, heart surgeons at Hadassah hospital
saved Iraqi
toddler Maryam, who had previously been given little hope of survival. The doctors at Hadassah’s “Heart for Peace”
organization have also treated hundreds of children with congenital heart
diseases from
Gaza and the PA territories.
To see two contrasting examples of Israelis
treating Palestinian Arabs, doctors at Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon
helped a 4-year-old
girl from Gaza to walk again, while a senior
Hamas member had spine surgery at an Israeli hospital. Israeli doctors certainly have no problem
treating patients from Moslem countries – whether travelling to Kyrgyzstan to
restore eyesight to 90, or continuing to treat Syrian
casualties of their civil war at hospitals
in Northern Israel.
Although global natural disasters cannot be predicted, tiny Israel will always be among the first to respond. It had the largest medical aid team in Nepal after the country’s devastating earthquakes. The 250 Israeli aid workers included IDF medics and doctors from Rambam, Sheba and Sha’are Zedek hospitals.
To finish, Israeli scientists are also being
inspired to achieve some “out-of-this-world” medical goals. They aim to re-write
DNA to correct genetic mutations, eliminate
all brain diseases, regenerate
organs using stem cells, automatically
deliver your medications intravenously, and stop
the aging process altogether.
So I can confidently predict that in the
coming years,
Israel’s
medical achievements will be amazing!
Michael Ordman writes a free weekly
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