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Bar-Ilan University Online Newsletter
Newsletter No. 3, June 2016

Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis for Heart Attacks

Since joining BIU’s School of Engineering in 2014, Dr. Amos Danielli is exploring new medical applications for the novel technology he developed, which can help shorten diagnosis time for heart patients.

Dr. Amos DanielliEach year, over 10 million people visit emergency rooms in US hospitals with symptoms of chest pain. About 8-9% of these patients have actually suffered heart attacks, though most of them cannot be diagnosed with simple clinical evaluation and an electrocardiogram test. Typically an accurate diagnosis can take six to nine hours after the onset of symptoms — and longer if stress testing is required.

This protracted delay leads to substantial over-admission, delays in treatment for other patients, and consumption of health care resources. In fact, admission time accounts for almost 75% of the average cost per patient with symptoms suggestive of heart attack.

To improve current diagnostic capabilities, several companies have developed high sensitivity tests, but only one such assay has been commercialized, and none has been approved for clinical use in the US. Such high sensitivity tests performed in series with shorter time intervals could halve the time needed to evaluate patients, but even when they are available, they are carried out only in advanced laboratory settings, adding an additional step to the process that all but nullifies their benefits.

Dr. Danielli’s Solution

BIU’s Dr. Amos Danielli, principal investigator in the Trau Family Research Wing, has devised a novel technology, his US patented “Magnetic Modulation Biosensing,” that can help shorten diagnosis time for cardiac arrest patients.

Amos Danielli in his labBased on this, Dr. Danielli is now working to develop a high sensitivity, point-of-care device that can measure low concentrations of the protein troponin (an indicator of a heart attack) directly from whole blood samples. This device will reduce the time required to confirm or rule out a heart attack to within two to three hours, leading to improved care at lower cost for some 10 million people each year in the US and a reduction in ER congestion. Clinical adoption of the device could spur development for other medical applications that could benefit from point-of-care, high sensitivity biomarker detection, including detection of head injuries and viruses, etc.

“We are still in the pre-clinical stage and conducting trials at Washington University (in St Louis, Missouri),” relates Danielli, who was recruited to BIU from Tel Aviv U. “Today I am a faculty member at Bar-Ilan University, where I am developing the next generation of the technology in the bio-medical group of the engineering faculty.” Globes [online], Israel business news reports that the company which Danielli founded, MagBiosense, is in the midst of a funding round of $2.5-3 million after previously raising half a million dollars.

Also in this issue:

President's Message -
Sowing the Seeds and Gleaning the Fruits »

First Class of Doctors Graduates from School of Medicine

Bar-Ilan University's first graduating class of 48 medical students receives MD degrees from the School of Medicine in the Galilee. The 25 women and 23 men, including five Arab students, began their medical studies in universities abroad and returned home to Israel to complete the clinical component of their training.

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Desalinated Water: A Health Hazard?

Underscoring the risk of consuming desalinated water devoid of magnesium, BIU Prof. Yona Amitai, a public health expert, recommends adding the mineral to drinking water in order to thwart fatal heart disease.

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BIU Awarding-Winning Scholars Make Headlines

Two BIU academicians recently received prestigious prizes. Prof. Yossi Katz, an expert in historical geography, was awarded Israel's highest accolade; and Jewish History Prof. Adam Ferziger won the 2015 National Jewish Book Award.

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Haredi Integration into Education and the Workforce

Enrollment is surging in Haredi academic programs designed to ease integration into the Israeli workplace. But the dropout rate is huge. This was one of the revelations at the recent BIU conference sponsored by BIU's Haredi campus that drew some 100 Haredi social activists, reps of academic and business institutions, Knesset members and media figures to gauge the status of Haredi integration into education and the workforce.

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Scholars and Sources:
Appreciating the Science Behind Miracles

Do miracles require a supernatural tour de force or are they often a matter of Divine "timing"? Chemistry Prof. Aryeh Frimer explores the phenomenon from a Torah and science perspective.

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