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![The Israel Institute for Biological Research's COVID-19 vaccine. October 2020. Photo: Ministry of Defense Spokesperson's Office](https://nocamels.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/vaccinebottles-350x233.jpg)
Israeli COVID-19 Vaccine Developer Said Aiming For Single Dose, May Redo Trials
Scientists at the Israel Institute for Biological Research are looking into forgoing a second vaccine jab if a higher dose is given initially.
May 09, 2021
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Israeli Organizations Send Aid To India Amid Surge In COVID-19 Infections
As India battles its second deadly wave of COVID-19 infections, Israeli humanitarian organizations like IsraAID and SmartAID send supplies.
May 05, 2021
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Israeli Food Tech Startup Amai Proteins Replaces Sugar With Healthy, Sweet Proteins
Amai develops and produces protein-based products for food and drink, including a sweet designer protein as a substitute for sugar.
May 04, 2021
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Israel’s PixCell Medical Acquired By South Korea’s Soulbrain Holdings
PixCell Medical has developed a portable blood testing platform that performs blood counts and other tests within 5 minutes.
May 04, 2021
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Israeli Startup Improving IVF Process With AI Receives European Approval
AIVF provides an AI-based decision support tool allowing for individualized data-driven decision-making through the entire IVF process.
April 28, 2021
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Israeli Pharma Firm Says Nasal Spray Found Highly Effective Against COVID-19, Variants
Nasus Pharma developed the Taffix nasal gel which it says blocked SARS-CoV-2 and its British and South African variants in in vitro studies.
April 22, 2021
![DouxMatok has unveiled a pair of chocolate spreads for US consumers that boast 50 percent less total added sugars and 30 percent of the daily recommended fiber intake. Photo: DouxMatok](https://nocamels.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/spreads-douxmatok-e1619072629109-350x194.jpg)
DouxMatok Unveils 1st Products With Sugar-Reducing Tech – Chocolate Spreads
DouxMatok is rolling out two spreads - Hazelnut Cocoa and Dark Cocoa Salted Caramel - in the US with its Incredo Sugar solution.
April 22, 2021
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Israeli Firm BioMilk Is World’s First Cultured Milk Company To Go Public
The groundbreaking cultured milk company opened trading for its IPO on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) this week.
April 19, 2021
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Israeli Scientists Say They’ve Paved Way To Turn Off Brain’s ‘Hunger Switch’
Peer-reviewed research at Weizmann Institute is the most detailed insight into the MC4 hunger-controlling receptor.
April 18, 2021
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Israeli Surgical Robot Company Memic Raises $96M
Memic developed a medical device called Hominis, an FDA-authorized surgical robotic platform for surgeries.
April 12, 2021
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IceCure’s Tumor-Freezing System Nabs FDA Breakthrough Device Status
IceCure's ProSense cryoablation system is used to treat patients with T1 invasive breast cancer or those not suited for surgical alternatives.
April 06, 2021
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Nanox Receives FDA Clearance For Single Source Digital X-Ray
If cleared, the multi-source Nanox.ARC will be the company's commercial imaging system that it expects to deploy across the world.
April 06, 2021
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Israel’s MobileODT Launches Large-Scale Cervical Cancer Screening Project
A new program in the Dominican Republic will see 50,000 women screened for cervical cancer with MobileODT's AI-powered digital colposcope.
April 04, 2021
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Augmedics Raises $36M To Continue AR Surgical Guidance Efforts
Augmedics is the creator of the xvision spine system (XVS), the first-and-only FDA-approved AR headset for surgical image guidance.
March 31, 2021
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Oxford University Hospital To Deploy Sight’s OLO Device For COVID Screening
The OLO blood analyzer will be part of the AI-based ‘CURIAL’ test to rapidly screen for COVID-19 at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital.
March 29, 2021