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New anti-inflammatory protein. Two
researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and one from the University of Colorado have engineered an
anti-inflammatory protein that activates only when it finds inflammation.
Current treatments suppress the immune system and risk infections.
Saving children in Tanzania. A delegation of 20 doctors, nurses and medical
technicians from Israel’s Save a Child’s
Heart has performed lifesaving heart
surgery on more than 10 children in
Tanzania and examined hundreds
more with congenital heart defects.
Processing power of 150,000. Some
150,000 members of the IBM World
Community Grid donated processing
power to help researchers at Tel Aviv
University figure out how water interacts with nanotubes. The results could
help lower the cost of water purification and develop better ways of delivering medicines into the bloodstream.
Ethiopian-born professor. Anbessa
Teferra, an expert in Semitic linguistics
at Tel Aviv University, is the first Ethiopian Israeli to be appointed a senior
lecturer at an Israeli university. Teferra
immigrated to Israel in 1990 after completing his master’s degree in Ethiopia.
New wastewater recycling system.
MIGAL Galilee Research Institute and
Israel Chemicals have completed a
yearlong pilot of a method to help lower wastewater pollution levels so that
the water can be reused for irrigation.
Cannabis in Israeli pharmacies. Medical marijuana will be prescribed and
supervised like other medications classified as narcotics, said Deputy Health
Minister Yaakov Litzman, who announced Monday, July 27, that pharmacies will be stocked with medical marijuana to ease the bureaucratic process.
Catching online thieves. LogDog is
an Israeli-developed app that checks
logins across several platforms and
devices to catch hackers who try to log
in to secure online accounts with stolen user names and passwords. The Tel
Aviv-based startup has raised $3.5 million to enhance its product.
Microsoft’s 10th. Microsoft is acquiring startup Adallom, based in Tel Aviv
and Palo Alto, Calif., for about $320
million, Microsoft’s 10th and most expensive Israeli purchase. Adallom will
become Microsoft’s cybersecurity development headquarters in Israel.
Booming trade. British trade with Israel reached a record £5.1 billion last
year; the United Kingdom is Israel’s
No. 2 trading partner, after the United
States. The reasons for th