BIN: Getting medications into the brain is no easy task because the body’s most important organ rests beneath the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that protects the central nervous term from being attacked by bacteria and other harmful substances via the blood. While such a defense is beneficial, it also restricts the passage from the bloodstream to the brain, of drugs intended to treat brain diseases.
Israeli researchers have now developed a technology for transporting drugs within silicon nanostructures to the brain. Providing targeted delivery in the brain with the use of a “gene gun,” these nanostructures release an essential protein that can inhibit the development of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia. more …
Opinion: “And in you all the nations on the earth will be blessed” Genesis 12:3. That was not wishful thinking it was a blessing/prophecy/promise God made with Abraham and all humanity.
There is not a year that goes by that an Israeli medical team isn’t breaking ground on some incurable disease. Last week Israeli doctors found a gene that causes Atrial Fibrillation (here), a condition near and dear to my heart (pun intended).
So I decided to do a little checking and found a few more breakthroughs from a nation that has only been in existence for 71 years.
Jerusalem Post April 29, 2019 “Tel Aviv University researchers discover path to new epilepsy treatment” here
NBC News: April 19, 2019 “Israeli scientists create world’s first 3D-printed heart using human cells” here
JPost: April 18, 2019 “In three years Israel developed a center that provides nearly all the neurological services.” here
JPost: February 15, 2018 “New Technology Replaces Surgeon’s Knife With No-Cut Alternative” here
Times of Israel June 18, 2017 “Israeli scientists successfully regenerate damaged hearts” here
JPost: September 19, 2017 “Weizmann researchers discover how bacteria can hinder chemotherapy” here
JPost: September 17, 2017 “‘Start Up Nation’ creates miracles, eliminates Parkinson’s tremors painlessly” here
