Today's email from THE BEREAN CALL (Dave Hunt) included a link to the following. Just amazing what the Jews/Israel have contributed to society...the list goes on and on and on. And, if anyone's interested, it was an Israeli doctor (June 18, 2006) who headed the Merck team that developed the vaccine against cervical cancer. Thanks for posting, John!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Now the Lord said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." (Gen 12:1-3, ESV).

 

 

• September 25, 2011 - A Gates Foundation grant will help an Israeli scientist further develop his cell-phone imaging system for diagnosing and staging malaria in Africa.

• September 18, 2011 - A synthetic peptide developed in Israel may halt the progression of diabetes in Type 1 diabetes patients. The peptide is now in advanced Phase 3 clinical trials.
  
  
• September 11, 2011 - A new solar window from Israel can generate power, reduce energy consumption and let in daylight, promising a green revolution to the construction industry.
  
  
• September 5, 2011 - An Israeli device called RUTH, now in clinical trials, could revolutionize breast cancer diagnosis by offering detection without radiation, pain, or guesswork.
  
  
• August 28, 2011 - MetaCure, an Israeli company has developed an implantable gastric stimulator that can help diabetics control blood glucose levels without the need for insulin.
  
  
• August 21, 2011 - Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered that an extract of the common spice cinnamon seems to delay the progress of Alzheimer's disease.
  
  
• August 14, 2011 - MayDay, an iPhone app developed by an Israeli space engineer, automatically sends emails or SMS messages to predetermined addresses when it senses the impact of a car crash.
  
  
  
• August 7, 2011 - An Israeli man has been cycling four years around the world, clocking up over 60,000 kilometers on his adventure. He is now in the final leg of his journey home.
  
  
  
• July 31, 2011 - One thousand hearing-impaired West Bank Palestinians recently received free hearing aids through a novel joint program between Israel's Sheba Medical Center and an American foundation.
  
  
• July 24, 2011 - A new citrus-based supplement being developed by Israeli and American researchers could cancel the effects of cholesterol and sugar in the body.
  
  
• July 17, 2011 - A new Israeli-developed tool enables the disabled to send emails by thought alone, and could revolutionize the world of mind-controlled computing.
  
  
• July 10, 2011 - Israeli diagnostic company Novamed has developed a new home diagnostics product, SensAheart, that can detect a heart attack from the moment symptoms start to appear.
  
  
  
• July 3, 2011 - Nano Retina, a two-year-old Israeli company, is pairing electrodes with living neurons in the eye to create bionic sight for the vision impaired.

• June 26, 2011 - Israeli startup Powermat's wireless charging system for handheld gadgets is to be embedded in General Motors cars, office furniture and even airport seating.
  
  
• June 19, 2011 - Israel's IDE Technologies is building China's largest and "greenest" desalination plant to meet the country's expanding energy needs.
  
  
• June 12, 2011 - Israel is the only country that permanently opens its arms to children sick from radiation caused by the Ukrainian nuclear disaster 25 years ago.
  
  
• June 5, 2011 - Hebrew University researchers have discovered how a single gene can keep malignant cancer cells from spreading to healthy tissue.
  
  
• May 29, 2011 - An Israeli medical consortium was called in to set up adult male circumcision clinics in an effort to halt the HIV-AIDS epidemic among the Zulu in South Africa.
  
  
• May 22, 2011 - Israeli researchers have discovered a way to reverse the aging process and rejuvenate the immune system in mice.
  
  
  
• May 15, 2011 - Israel's Vacci-guard introduces a unique biotech system to develop immunizations against some of the world's deadliest maladies, from cancer to CMV and West Nile virus.
  
  
• May 8, 2011 - Under a $250 million agreement, Israel's Evida will supply the batteries, cooling systems and software tools for Mia Electric's vehicles in Europe.
  
  
• May 1, 2011 - Israel's AnyClip has cut a dream deal with Universal Studios to bring favorite clips from the production house's enormous library to the Internet.
  
  
• April 24, 2011 - Israel was among the first countries to send medical aid and crucial supplies to Japan following the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
  
  
• April 17, 2011 - Researchers from Tel Aviv University are working on a nasal two-in-one vaccine that could protect against both Alzheimer's disease and stroke. The proposed vaccine appears to repair vascular damage in the brain by marshaling forces from the immune system.
  
  
• April 10, 2011 - Israeli startup Bioexplorers has developed a foolproof, non-invasive and easy method to sniff out contraband, drugs and terrorists -- using mice.
  
  
• April 3, 2011 - Israel Aircraft Industries has developed an airplane "tugboat," Taxibot Dispatch Towing System, in partnership with Airbus. Taxibot will allow pilots to cut the engine to and from gate and runway, potentially saving billions in fuel.
  
  
• March 27, 2011 - New York-based ICare4autism plans to build the first global research and education center for autism on Jerusalem's Mt. Scopus. The campus will house the world's first university-level school of autism studies, with the aim of raising therapeutic standards worldwide.
  
  
• March 20, 2011 - Intel is investing $2.7 billion in its Israeli plant in southern Israel, which will produce next-generation 22-nanometer chips to make computers faster, smaller and lighter.
  
  
• March 13, 2011 - Only about 1.2 million of the world's 400 million ethnic Arabs live in Israel, yet the sole registry for Arab bone marrow donors is located in Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center.
  
• March 6, 2011 - Israeli scientists at IBM Haifa joined colleagues from the United States, China and Japan to put the brains in Watson, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered supercomputer that bested Jeopardy! game-show champs on American TV in February.
  
  
• February 27, 2011 - Overfishing may be depleting the world's oceans of seafood, but Israel's Grow Fish Anywhere has found a way to raise them in the desert.
  
  
• February 20, 2011 - A tiny telescope implant developed by an Israeli company is the world's first and only treatment for end-stage age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in the elderly in developed countries.
  
  
• February 13, 2011 - The revolutionary "Sandy Bridge" microprocessor developed at Intel's R&D facility
  in Haifa wowed the digital world when it was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
  
  
  
• February 6, 2011 - A memory-sharpening computer program developed at an Israeli Alzheimer's care facility has sparked interest from several countries and the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.
  
  
• January 30, 2011 - With fewer and fewer fish in the sea each passing year, Israel's Grow Fish Anywhere has found a way to raise them in the desert.
  
• January 23, 2011 - Eyeglasses have remained virtually the same for hundreds of years, but now an Israeli company has developed a new monofocal lens that could revolutionize bifocal and multifocal glasses .
  
  
• January 12, 2011 - The customized Java platform for Amazon's hot e-book reader, Kindle, was developed by an Israeli team at Oracle Herzliya.
  
  
• January 6, 2011 - An Israeli-designed robotic device that allows paraplegics to walk and climb stairs, was featured on the hit American TV series Glee. An ISRAEL21c story introduced ReWalk to the world more than two years ago.
  
  
• January 2, 2011 - Scientists from Israel, Britain, Brazil, Canada and the US have created an atom of anti-hydrogen. This breakthrough may help solve one of the biggest riddles of physics: What happened to all the antimatter that has vanished since the Big Bang?
  
  
• December 26, 2010 - An advanced plastic patch from Israel that disables microorganisms can knock out acne, keep milk from spoiling, make juice boxes bacteria-free, and reduce infections.
  
  
• December 19, 2010 - A group of 10 young men with autism have joined the ranks of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), marking the first time the IDF has accepted soldiers with this neurological disorder. The new soldiers will work at equipment bases.
  
  
  
• December 12, 2010 - An Israeli company's emotional decoding software can detect your physical and emotional state just from the sound of your voice over the phone.
  
  
• December 8, 2010 - The Negev desert is smaller than it was in 1948, thanks to Israel's expertise in fighting desertification. Many countries benefit from Israeli innovations in transforming dry land into a fertile farmland and protecting arid areas from deterioration.
  
  
• November 24, 2010 - Ten months after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, Israeli aid workers are still providing vital aid to the troubled country, helping citizens rebuild their communities in the face of poverty, and outbreaks of disease.
  
  
• November 17, 2010 - An Israeli company has developed a breakthrough device that can detect skin cancer at a much earlier stage than traditional tests, potentially revolutionizing the way doctors diagnose skin cancer.
  
  
• November 10, 2010 - Israeli scientists have discovered that hair can be used to diagnose stress levels, drug intake and even your risks of a heart attack.
  
  
• November 3, 2010 - Israel's oldest winery, Carmel won a major trophy from the Decanter World Wine Awards, upstaging traditional wine producers from Italy and France, and becoming the "sensation of the competition".
  
  
• October 27, 2010 - In a radio address, US President Barack Obama praised Israeli solar company BrightSource Energy, which is now building the world's largest solar energy plants in California, calling its technology "revolutionary.
  
  
• October 20, 2010 - A new treatment that can destroy drug-resistant superbugs is being developed by scientists in Israel.
  
  
• October 13, 2010 - Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer has opened a new industrial park in Nazareth, Israel's largest Arab city, in an effort to help improve employment prospects among the Arab population.
  
  
• October 6, 2010 - Israeli researchers have developed a new treatment that can destroy HIV-infected human cells without damaging healthy ones. The unique development, from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, could be a major step forward in the race against AIDS.
  
• September 29, 2010 - An antibacterial material developed originally to make socks for Israeli soldiers is now being used to create anti-bacterial sheets, curtains, gowns and towels for hospitals. The material, impregnated with zinc oxide nanoparticles could drastically reduce the 1.7 million hospital-associated infections that occur in the US every year.
  
  
• September 21, 2010 - A new keyless biometric security system based on voice and face recognition technologies and developed by a former head of the IDF Military Intelligence Corps is now in use in residential buildings, police stations and offices throughout the US.
  
  
  
• September 15, 2010 - Israeli clinical psychologists have developed an online depression detector which can identify depression 78 percent of the time, enabling human experts to home in on people at risk of suicide, or providing data for crime fighters, pollsters, or homeland security personnel.
  
  
• September 7, 2010 - A new device controlled by sniffing has been designed in Israel to help severely disabled people communicate, surf the Net, and steer their wheelchairs.
  
  
• August 25, 2010 - Extensive new research from Israel has shown that babies who are exposed to cow's milk within 15 days of birth, are less likely to suffer from dangerous lactose allergies later in life.
  
  
• August 18, 2010 - Israeli researchers have discovered that smoking is not an addiction, it's just a habit . The research has huge implications for anti-smoking treatments which currently focus on breaking an addiction, and also suggests that stopping smoking is primarily a question of willpower.
  
  
• August 11, 2010 - Israeli burn specialists were first on the scene after a devastating fire in Congo killed over 235 people and left hundreds more severely burned. Another Israeli emergency response team visited Chile earlier in the summer to help train emergency response personnel in the aftermath of a destructive earthquake that hit in February and killed hundreds.
  
  
• August 4, 2010 - IBM Israel has developed new self-healing software that enables a computer to repair bugs and glitches automatically, by emulating processes that occur in the human body, and applying them to computers.
  
  
  
• July 28, 2010 - An anti-aging vitamin supplement sold over-the-counter in drugstores worldwide has been found to triple a woman's chance of getting pregnant and help the woman carry to baby to term, according to new Israeli research.
  
  
  
• July 21, 2010 - An Israeli-US psychologist has been honored by Time Magazine as one of the most influential people of 2010 for her work healing traumatized war veterans in the US and Israel.