Israel Ministry of Health

About: Israel Ministry of Health is a government organization based out in Jerusalem, Israel. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Public health. The organization has 1633 authors who have published 2108 publications receiving 65387 citations.

Spontaneous, malignant transformation of hamster embryo cells in vitro.

Abstract: Primary hamster-embryo cells were dispersed in vitro. The frequency of colony development depended on the original method used for dispersing the cells and on the number of cells seeded. Cell populations derived from passages in vitro of 3 colony isolates produced tumors when inoculated into baby or adult hamsters. Similar populations derived from primary or confluent, passaged cell cultures failed to produce tumors. The transformed cells were long, parallel Fibroblasts or short, randomly arranged spindle types. It is suggested that malignant, spontaneous transformation of cells occurs within a limited number of passages in vitro and that these cells may be a factor in virus-induced cell transformations.

Who are the children at risk? Lessons learned from measles outbreaks.

Abstract: We investigated a measles outbreak in the Jerusalem district in 2007-2008 (992 cases). Most cases (72·6%) were aged <15 years, 42·9% aged <5 years, and 12·8% were infants aged <1 year. The peak incidence rate was in infants aged 6-12 months (916·2/100 000). This represents a significant shift from former outbreaks in 2003-2004, where the peak incidence was in the 1-4 years age group. Of children aged <5 years the proportion aged 6-12 months tripled (7·7% vs. 25·6%). In a case-control study (74 cases, 148 controls) children who developed measles were less likely to be registered in a well-baby clinic and had lower overall immunization coverage. The differences in proportions for registration, DTaP3 and MMR1 coverage were 35·1%, 48·6% and 80·8%, respectively (all P<0·001). Rising birth order of cases and their siblings was associated with non-registration and non-compliance with MMR immunization. The vulnerability of young infants and the risk markers noted above should be taken into account in planning intervention programmes.

Development and validation of tele-health system for stroke rehabilitation

Abstract: Tele-rehabilitation refers to the use of information and communication technologies to provide rehabilitation services to people in their homes or other environments. The objective of this paper is to present the development, validation and usability testing of a low-cost, markerless full body tracking virtual reality system designed to provide remote rehabilitation of the upper extremity in patients who have had a stroke. The Methods and Results sections present the progress of our work on system development, system validations and a feasibility/usability study. We conclude with a brief summary of the initial stages of an intervention study and a discussion of our findings in the context of the next steps. The validation study demonstrated considerable accuracy for some outcomes (i.e., shoulder “pitch” angle, elbow flexion, trunk forward and side-to-side deviation). In addition positive responses were received from the clients who participated in the feasibility study. We are currently at the process of improving the accuracy of the system as well as conducting a randomized clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of the system to improve upper extremity function post-stroke.