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WMIF25 – World Medical Innovation Forum, Sept. 15-17, 2025, Boston

Clinical experts, industry, investment leaders

https://2025.worldmedicalinnovation.org/

 

I, Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN had covered the WMIF Conference since it was launched 11 years ago, including WMIF24.

 

#WMIF19 was a special conference with the focus on AI in Medicine

The #WMIF19 Influencers via ‘s  Hashtags http://bit.ly/WMIF19 – By Mentions and By Tweets Ranked #4: @pharma_BI and #2: @AVIVA1950, respectively. Ranked #3 via NodeXL’s Betweenness Centrality http://bit.ly/2KB6cPN

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2019/04/13/the-wmif19-influencers-via-symplurs-healthcare-hashtags-http-bit-ly-wmif19-by-mentions-and-by-tweets-ranked-4-pharma_bi-and-2-aviva1950-respectively-ranked-3-via-node/

 

9/15/2025 – 9/17/2025 – I did not attended In-person WMIF25.

  • I was invited to cover the event in real time, as follows:

From: “Doyle, Tracy” <tdoyle5@mgb.org>
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Subject: Media Invite: World Medical Innovation Forum, Sept. 15-17, Boston — Clinical experts, industry, investment leaders

Media Invite: World Medical Innovation Forum: Monday, Sept. 15 — Wednesday, Sept. 17, Boston – Innovation at Scale

 

VIDEOS from this Conference on Youtube.com

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=WMIF

 

Selected Speakers:

Peter Arduini

CEO, GE HealthCare

 

Eliav Barr, MD

 

SVP, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Clinical Development, Merck

Meredith Fisher, PhD

 

Partner, Mass General Brigham Ventures

Jean-François Formela, MD

 

Partner, Atlas Venture

Adele Gulfo

 

President & CEO, Biopharma Strategies and Insights

Jason Hafler, PhD

 

Managing Director, Sanofi Ventures

Rajiv Kaul

 

Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Investments

Paul LaViolette

 

Managing Partner, SV Health Investors

David Liu, PhD

 

Richard Merkin Professor; Director, Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare, Broad Institute

Paul Matsen

 

Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Michael Mihm, PhD

 

Asset Lead, Astellas Pharma

Bernd Montag, PhD

 

CEO, Siemens Healthineers

Michael Quigley, PhD

 

Chief Scientific Officer, Global Head of Research, Sanofi

John Reed, MD, PhD

 

Executive Vice President, Innovation Medicine, R&D, Johnson & Johnson

David Reese, MD

 

EVP & Chief Technology Officer, Amgen

David Rhew, MD

 

Global Chief Medical Officer & VP Healthcare, Microsoft

Jay Rughani

 

Investing Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Gaurav Singal, MD

 

Independent advisor and investor

Ariel Stern, PhD

 

Alexander von Humboldt Professor, Hasso Plattner Institute

Ricky Sun, PhD

 

Partner, Bain Capital

Andrew Trister, MD, PhD

 

Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Verily [Google]

Christopher Viehbacher

 

CEO, Biogen

Erin Xie, PhD

 

Managing Director, BlackRock

 

1:1 firesides and panels with top experts including:

Amy Abernethy MD, PhD, Cofounder, Highlander Health

Peter Arduini, CEO, GE HealthCare

Jeffrey Balser MD, PhD, CEO, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Eliav Barr MD, Chief Medical Officer, Merck

Tom Frohlich, CEO, Jade Biosciences

David Hyman MD, Chief Medical Officer, Eli Lilly

Rajiv Kaul, Portfolio Manager, Fidelity

Anne Klibanski MD, CEO, Mass General Brigham

Robert Langer ScD, Institute Professor, MIT

Anu Madgavkar, Partner, McKinsey Global Institute

Kevin Mahoney, CEO, UPenn Health System

Paul Matsen, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Bernd Montag PhD, CEO, Siemens Healthineers

Dinesh Patel, PhD, CEO, Protagonist Therapeutics

Xiayang Qiu, PhD, CEO, Regor Therapeutics

Mike Quigley, CSO, Sanofi

David Rhew, Global Chief Medical Officer & VP Healthcare, Microsoft

Ken Song, MD, CEO, Candid Therapeutics

David Sontag PhD, CEO, Layer Health

Chris Viehbacher, CEO, Biogen

 

Government and regulatory experts including:

Larry Bucshon MD, Senior Policy Advisor, Holland & Knight; Former U.S. Representative (Indiana, 2011–2025)

Robert Califf MD, Instructor in Medicine, Duke University; Former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Susan Collins, Senior U.S. Senator from Maine

Maura Healey, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Susan Monarez PhD, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 

Deep-Dive KOL and Focused Sessions including:

  • Emerging Treatments: Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity & Metabolic Diseases
  • AI at the Bedside — Physician Co-Pilots
  • Upending the U.S. Care Model
  • Antimicrobial Resistance – An Urgent, Global Crisis
  • The Silver Tsunami – Unprecedented and Unceasing
  • Institutional Investor Perspectives
  • Innovations in Disability Technology
  • Consumerism in Healthcare
  • Tackling High-Priority Health Challenges in Under-Served Communities
  • Sleep – the Future of a Busy Market
  • Gene Editing – Precision Medicine in Practice
  • Hospital Venture Investing

 

Leading biotech and venture execs from companies such as:

  • Andreessen Horowitz
  • ArrePath
  • Bain Capital Life Sciences
  • Caris Life Sciences
  • Enable Ventures
  • Fidelity Investments
  • Intellia Therapeutics
  • Layer Health
  • Lightspeed Venture Capital
  • Novo Holdings Venture Investments
  • Viz.ai

Exclusive programming:  

  • First Look – 19 rapid-fire presentations on the latest research from leading Mass General Brigham scientists
  • Big Ideas – 100+ key opinion leaders in healthcare weigh in on solving the top un-met clinical needs in medicine today
  • Emerging Tech Zone – Hands-on exploration of some of the latest digital and AI-based healthcare technologies

 

 

Real Time Conference Coverage: Advancing Precision Medicine Conference, Afternoon Session Track 1 October 3 2025

Reporter: Stephen J. Williams, PhD

Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intellegence will be covering this conference LIVE over X.com at

@pharma_BI

@StephenJWillia2

@AVIVA1950

@AdvancingPM

using the following meeting hashtags

#AdvancingPM #precisionmedicine #WINSYMPO2025

1:00 – 1:50

Lunch & Exhibits

TRACK 1  204BC

TRACK 2  204A

WIN SYMPOSIUM

MULTI-OMICS

1:50-4:05

SESSION 4

From Targets to Trials:
Translating Discovery into Impact

1:50-2:10

Beyond Checkpoint Inhibitors: Targeted Immunotherapeutic Approaches for the Management of Solid Tumors

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

2:10-2:30

Implementing Molecular Profiling in Early Phase Clinical Trials: Precision from Bench to Bedside

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

2:30-2:40

Q&A

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez
Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

2:40-3:20

Non- CME Session: Venture Philanthropy

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Eric Heil, MBAManaging PartnerMedical Excellence Capital

John Lehr, President & CEO, Parkinson's Foundation

John LehrPresident & CEOParkinson’s Foundation

Dr. Blaine Robinson

Dr. Blaine Robinson, PhDVice President of the Therapy Acceleration Program (TAP)Blood Cancer United

3:20-4:10

eNSCLC Testing

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

4:10 – 4:25

Break and Exhibits

TRACK 1  204BC

TRACK 2  204A

WIN SYMPOSIUM

MULTI-OMICS

4:25-6:45

4:25-5:15

Transforming Pediatric Oncology: The Power of Precision Medicine

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Giselle L. Sholler, MD, Division Chief, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology/BMT, Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital; Professor, Pediatrics and Pharmacology; Founder & Chair, Beat Childhood Cancer Consortium

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Wei Zhang, PhD, Hanes and Willis Family Professor in Cancer; Director, Cancer Genomics and Precision Oncology, Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Elias Sayour, MD, PhD, Professor, Neurosurgery and Pediatrics;  Assistant Dean,  Clinical Research, UF College of Medicine, Program Co-leader,  UF Health Cancer Center Immuno-Oncology and Microbiome (IOM) Program

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Milan Radovich, PhDSenior Vice President, Chief Scientific OfficerCaris Life Sciences

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Pei Wang, PhDProfessor, Genetic and Genomic SciencesIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Abigail Moore

5:15-5:25

Informing therapy decisions for improved patient care

Ashley Varghese, PharmD, RPh

5:25-5:50

Liquid Biopsies and Resistance Monitoring in Targeted Therapies 

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Pashtoon Kasi, MD, MS, Medical Director, GI Medical Oncology, City of Hope

5:50-6:10

Liquid Biopsies in Clinical Practice: Transforming Precision Oncology Through Molecular Monitoring

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Hatim Husain, MD, Associate ProfessorUniversity of California, San Diego 

Real Time Conference Coverage: Advancing Precision Medicine Conference, MidMorning Session Track 1 October 3 2025

Reporter: Stephen J. Williams, PhD

Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intellegence will be covering this conference LIVE over X.com at

@pharma_BI

@StephenJWillia2

@AVIVA1950

@AdvancingPM

using the following meeting hashtags

#AdvancingPM #precisionmedicine #WINSYMPO2025

0:40 – 11:10

Break and Exhibits

TRACK 1  204BC

TRACK 2  204A

WIN SYMPOSIUM

MULTI-OMICS

11:10 – 1:10

SESSION 2

The Evolution of Precision Oncology:

Integrating MRD, AI, and Beyond

11:10-12:00

Precision Cancer Consortium

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez
Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Shruti Mathur, MSPharma Diagnostic Strategy Leader, Global Product Strategy (GPS), Genentech

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Daryl Pritchard, PhD, Interim President, Personalized Medicine Coalition

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Keith T. Flaherty, MD, FAACR, Director of Clinical Research, Massachusetts General Cancer CenterProfessor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
President-Elect: 2025-2026, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 

SESSION 3

The Shifting Landscape:

Tumor Plasticity and Resistance

12:00-12:20

Mathematical and Evolutionary Modeling in Precision Radiation Oncology

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Jacob Scott, MD, DPhil, Professor and Staff Physician-Scientist, CWRU School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic

12:20-12:40

Plasticity and Persistence: The Role of EMT in Cancer Progression and Therapy Resistance

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Sendurai A. Mani, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University; Associate Director of Translational Oncology, Brown University Legorreta Cancer Center

12:40-1:00

Targeting Molecularly Defined Subsets: Challenges in Translational Oncology

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Benedito A. Carneiro, MD, MS, Director, Clinical Research
Director, Cancer Drug Development; Associate Director, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Legorreta Cancer Center, Brown University Health

Real Time Conference Coverage: Advancing Precision Medicine Conference, Early Morning Session Track 1 October 4 2025

Reporter: Stephen J. Williams, PhD

Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intellegence will be covering this conference LIVE over X.com at

@pharma_BI

@StephenJWillia2

@AVIVA1950

@AdvancingPM

using the following meeting hashtags

#AdvancingPM #precisionmedicine #WINSYMPO2025

 

8:55 – 10:35

SESSION 1

Precision For All:

Global Access, Real Cases, and Implementation Science

 

8:55-9:15

Results and Future Direction from WIN’s Data Science Paper

Razelle Kurzrock, MD

9:15-9:55

When Precision Gets Personal: WIN Consortium International Molecular Tumor Board Live

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez
Razelle Kurzrock, MD

Razelle Kurzrock, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, WIN Consortium; Professor of Medicine, Associate Director, Clinical Research, Linda T. and John A. Mellowes Endowed Chair of Precision Oncology, MCW Cancer Center and Linda T. & John A. Mellowes Center for Genomic Sciences and Precision Medicine

Notes from Live Tumor Board from Live Tweets

Tumor board Live… Molecular profiling great for identifying synthetic lethal combinations work very well… Many oncologist not accepting recommendations of molec tumor board

Tumor board Live . Oncologists don’t always accept tumor board recommendations based on molecular profiling… Dr Baptiste at first felt constrained to use single agent but WINTER combo trial with molec profiling better

Tumor board Live… Oncologist may give pushback when molecular therapeutic targets identified.. like when methylomics give a result and tumor board suggest temazolamide

Tumor board Live… Oncologist may give pushback when molecular therapeutic targets identified.. like when methylomics give a result and tumor board suggest temazolamide

Tumor board Live… Oncologist may give pushback when molecular therapeutic targets identified.. like when methylomics give a result and tumor board suggest temazolamide

Pemetrexemed not always working but MTAP inhibitions may work

Tumor board Live… Discussion of ovarian cancer case women first presented with CRC BRCA mut but failed PARP inhibitor board is looking at immunotherapy NGS IHC performed

#WINconsortium

Fusions being detected by RNAseq at rate of 100 per month

Tumor board Live…. Theranostics are becoming part of molec tumor board … Radio labeled dual diagnostic therapeutic antibodies

Tumor board Live… Molecular profiling great for identifying synthetic lethal combinations work very well… Many oncologist not accepting recommendations of molec tumor board

SESSION 2

Expanding the Precision Frontier

9:55-10:25

Precision Oncology in the Immunotherapy Era: Biomarkers and Clinical Trial Innovation

Razelle Kurzrock, MD

Lillian Siu, MD, President, AACR 2025-2026; Director, Phase I Clinical Trials Program; Co-Director, Robert and Maggie Bras and Family Drug Development Program Clinical Lead, Tumor Immunotherapy Program; BMO Chair, Precision Cancer Genomics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

  • Princess Margaret CC went to Merck got pembrolizumab from them but built a team platform of clinicians and scientists to work on INSPIRE trial
  • $11 million of grants, 13 major papers, great team science
  • did ctDNA from liquid biopsy and also looked at methylation patterns in cfDNA
  • looked at IFN stimulation and outcome to pembrolizumab
  • retro transposable elements found in INSPIRE program, maybe a predictor of immune sensitivity
  • they were able to correlate some of their findings with spatial omics
  • using spatial data they could look at hot versus cold head and neck cancer
  •  factors for response to immunotherapy: TMB, t cell infiltrate,  PDL1 etc
  • using AI with IHC slides as well as NGS data sets
  • as clinical trials become multiomics and AI with multiomics platforms data sharing will be critical for success

10:25 – 10:35

The Microbiome and Its Role in Cancer Development and Treatment Response

Razelle Kurzrock, MD

Sabine Hazan, MD, CEO, Ventura Clinical Trials; CEO, Progenabiome

  • microbiome research at the infancy so we don’t know much when comes to oncology
  • we need to compare microbiome between persons using NGS and other omics
  • we all have different microbiome even though microbiome ‘healthy’
  • lots of factors affect microbiome including surgery
  • families are similar in their microbiome but when looking at Alzheimers there are differences
  • first lab to find whole COVID in the stools
  • virus was different in different people, difference spike proteins. Virus mutates from lung to stool (gut)
  • in intrafamily patients had different microbiome upon COVID infection
  • bifodobacteria was found as a major part of microbiome altered in COVID but also lots of other diseases
  • lots of examples of host microbial symbiosis
  • they had an instance with throat tumor treated with microbiome and tumor receded without chemo
  • in a glioblastoma microbiome adjustment helped but changed positive response to immunotherapy

Real Time Conference Coverage: Advancing Precision Medicine Conference, Afternoon Omics Session Track 2 October 3 2025

Reporter: Stephen J. Williams, PhD

Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intellegence will be covering this conference LIVE over X.com at

@pharma_BI

@StephenJWillia2

@AVIVA1950

@AdvancingPM

using the following meeting hashtags

#AdvancingPM #precisionmedicine #WINSYMPO2025

4:20-4:40

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

 

  • APOE was marker for defining a long term survivor and short term survivor for ovarian cancer patients; the markers were in the stroma
  • there is spatial communication between tumor and underlying stroma
  • it is imperative to understand how your multiomics equipment images a tumor area before it laser captures and send to the MS system; can lose a lot of tissue and information based on differences in resolution
  • many of these multiomics systems are validated for the clinic in EU not US
  • multiomics spatial analysis allows you to image protein, metabolite, mRNA expression in the 3 dimensional environment of the tumor (tumor cells and stroma)
  • they are making a human tumor atlas
  • they say a patient who had tumor went home during COVID and took vaccine but got ill with vaccine; but came back to check tumor and tumor had greatly regressed because prevaccine the tumor was immunologically cold and post COVID vaccine any left over tumor showed great infiltration of immune cells

4:40-4:55

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Aruna Ayer, PhDVP, Multiomics, Innovation and Scientific AffairsBD Biosciences

  • BD Bioscience multiomics platform is modular and can add more omics levels in the platorm
  • for example someone wanted to look at T cells
  • people have added CRISPR screens on the omics platform
  • most people are using single cell spatial omics
  • they have a FACS on their platform too so you can look at single cell spatial omics and sort different cellular populations
  • very comparative to 10X Genomics platform
  • their proteomics is another layer you can add on their platform however with proteomics you can high background notice with spatial proteomics or a limited panel of biomarkers
  • Their OMICS Protein One panels are optimized for biology and tumor type.
  • get high quality multiomics data and proteomics data but in a 3D spatial format
  • developed Cellismo Data Visualization software tool

4:55-5:10

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Harsha Gowda, PhDSenior Principal Scientist, Director, Research & Lab Operations, Signios Bio

Signios Biosciences (Signios Bio) is the US-based arm of MedGenome, a global leader in genetic testing services, genomics research, and drug discovery solutions.

Signios Bio is a multiomics and bioinformatics company dedicated to revealing the intricate signals within biological data. We leverage the power of multiomics—integrating data from genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, epigenomics, metabolomics, and microbiomics—to gain a comprehensive understanding of disease biology. Our AI-powered bioinformatics platform allows us to efficiently analyze these complex datasets, uncovering hidden patterns and accelerating the development of new therapies and diagnostics.

Through the integration of cutting-edge multiomics technologies, advanced bioinformatics, and the expertise of world-class scientists, we enable researchers and clinicians with comprehensive, end-to-end solutions to improve drug discovery and development and advance precision medicine.

As part of MedGenome, we have access to real-world evidence (RWE) from global research networks across the US, Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Latin America. This access enables us to work with our partners to uncover insights that can lead to new biomarkers and drug targets, ensuring that precision medicine is inclusive and effective for all.

https://www.signiosbiolcom 

  • their platform can do high throughput analysis of patient tumors (like gallbladder cancer) analyzing mutational spectrum with high dimensionality
  • they can integrate genomic and transcriptomics data to reveal multiple pathways affected in patient data
  • have used their platform to investigate spatial omics in lung cancer

Real Time Conference Coverage: Advancing Precision Medicine Conference, Afternoon Session Track 1 October 3 2025

Reporter: Stephen J. Williams, PhD

Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intellegence will be covering this conference LIVE over X.com at

@pharma_BI

@StephenJWillia2

@AVIVA1950

@AdvancingPM

using the following meeting hashtags

#AdvancingPM #precisionmedicine #WINSYMPO2025

WIN SYMPOSIUM

1:50-4:05

SESSION 4

From Targets to Trials:
Translating Discovery into Impact

1:50-2:10

Beyond Checkpoint Inhibitors: Targeted Immunotherapeutic Approaches for the Management of Solid Tumors

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez
  • we need to turn these immuno-cold tumors into immuno ‘hot’ tumors so immunotherapy will be effective and recognize them
  • however each immunotherapies have their own toxicities
  • immunocheck points inhibitors: 50% of patients get very rough adverse events and have to stop therapy and give immunosuppressives
  • 60 yo female with urothelial carcinoma with chemo induced rash given pembrolizumab but got worse rash… had Steven Johnson Syndrome… fatal outcome from one cycle of PD-L1 inhibitor
  • so now we are giving these immune checkpoints earlier before even surgery… the overall survival better but there are certain personalized toxicities
  • up to 35% patients with cancer have chronic immuno related adverse events and dose limiting toxicities
  • 50% have low grade multiple toxicities (and they treat these AEs with steroids)
  • we have no biomarkers for these PD/PDL1 inhibitor adverse events

 

2:10-2:30

Implementing Molecular Profiling in Early Phase Clinical Trials: Precision from Bench to Bedside

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez
  • power of biomarkers: BRCA2 null women with ovarian cancer success with olaparib even though at time was not approved except the biomarker known
  • every week they discuss with internal tumor board and consult with Foundation Medicine; however a mutational panel is great but need to understand the underlying effect on tumor biology
  • there are a handful of tumor agnostic targeted agents: based on biomarkers
  • she thinks digital twins will be helpful in determining cohort selection for clinical trails
  • she would like multiomics to be performed on every patient but how would this be done, especially in the ecosystem of the USA
  • from attendee question to speaker panel (from Indai): they have been running tmolecular boards but problem is when new targets or fusion proteins become known without a priori knowledge of them and no combination know what to do?

 

:30-2:40

Q&A

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez
Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

2:40-3:20

Non- CME Session: Venture Philanthropy

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Eric Heil, MBAManaging PartnerMedical Excellence Capital

  • started a venture fund and then a 501(c) to give small grants
  • in venture philanthropy it is not traditional grant writing but more of a personal relationship; he says find other companies they have backed and ask them
  • all about networking
  • looked at 1400 deals but only invested in 13
  • back years ago his company biotech got ten million after 2009 from TAP but now it seems smaller bridge money
John Lehr, President & CEO, Parkinson's Foundation

John LehrPresident & CEOParkinson’s Foundation

  • runs venture philanthropy which is more like a mix of venture fund and granting agency
  • most run a for profit venture but mix model with 501c to fund small grants
Dr. Blaine Robinson

Dr. Blaine Robinson, PhDVice President of the Therapy Acceleration Program (TAP)Blood Cancer United

  • runs Blood Cancer United that offers grants for blood based research
  • they run three pillars: venture biotech funding, clinical trial funding, and academic research but most they take equity in biotechs
  • so venture philanthropy is more of equity investing and using those funds to fund younger companies like bridge between first round and series C
  • Blood Cancer United looking for million and above investment “first in class’; was early with Kite and UPenn (where are they now… are they still with them?)

3:20-4:10

eNSCLC Testing

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez
  • lung cancer has seemed to be ahead with respect to biomarkers and precision therapies
  • at least with NCCN guidelines they are up to 14 therapeutic biomarkers not diagnostic biomarkers so very ahead on the clinical decision making on actionable mutations for lung cancer
  • so most of the testing is genomic mutational spectrum for oncogenic drivers
  • there are three protein based biomarkers: Met, PDL1,
  • FISH is still used for some fusions
  • NGS is more sensitive test but takes 2-4 weeks
  • the number of  detected EGFR variants are increasing so it is affecting the drug specificity
  • recently NRG1 fusions have been approved as a heregulin HER3 biomarker;
  • 15% which were detected as negative for fusions the patients actually responded because fusions were hard to detect; many false positives
  • 76% did not meet MET eligbility but only 13% were high enough for MET marker but was enough for FDA approval
  • some drugs beneficial for mutated version and some good for over expressed like MET or HER2 but where the mutation or exon skipping is important for therapy choice
  • we need better biobanking because we need more tissue; we loose more tissue during sectioning and not splitting blocks into two (one for diagnostic one for therapeutic)
  • liquid biopsy will find some mutations but other ones not very sensitivity in liquid biopsy like MET mutations (mutations may be assay specific)
  • some muts in bone marrow may just be in aging progenitor cells and sometimes in oncogene like BRAF but not cancer but dlonal homatopoesis (increased risk for myeloproliferative diseases but not solid tumors like melanoma)
  • clonal homatopoesis actually common so watch out when just relying on liquid biopsy

 

 

Real Time Conference Coverage: Advancing Precision Medicine Conference,Morning Session Track 1 October 3 2025

Reporter: Stephen J. Williams, PhD

Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intellegence will be covering this conference LIVE over X.com at

@pharma_BI

@StephenJWillia2

@AVIVA1950

@AdvancingPM

using the following meeting hashtags

#AdvancingPM #precisionmedicine #WINSYMPO2025

 

Agenda Track 1: WIN Symposium

8:40 – 9:00

Welcome and Introduction

William G Kaelin, Jr, MD

Source: https://winconsortium.org/ 

WIN was formed on the premise that we can accomplish more together than each organization can achieve working alone. We aim to improve cancer patients’ survival and quality of life. View WIN’s history and unique attributes:


Clinical trials, projects and publications

WIN members collaboratively design and carry out global studies designed to achieve breakthroughs for patients worldwide. Our distinguished Scientific Advisory Board oversees WIN studies. Current trials include:

 

 

William G Kaelin, Jr, MD

Nigel RussellFounder and CEOAdvancing Precision Medicine

William G Kaelin, Jr, MD

Christopher P. MolineauxPresident & Chief Executive OfficerLife Science Pennsylvania

Life Sciences Pennsylvania (LSPA) is the statewide trade association for the commonwealth’s life sciences industry. Founded in 1989, LSPA works to ensure Pennsylvania has a business and public policy climate that makes the commonwealth the most attractive location to open and operate a life sciences company. Our membership is comprised of organizations statewide, representing the entire ecosystem of the life sciences: research institutions, biotechnology, medical device, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, and investment entities, along with service providers who support the industry. Together, we unify Pennsylvania’s innovators to make the Commonwealth a global life sciences leader.

As president & CEO of Life Sciences Pennsylvania, Christopher Molineaux serves as the chief advocate and spokesman for the life sciences industry that calls Pennsylvania home. Molineaux oversees the strategic direction for the association, assuring Life Sciences Pennsylvania continues to be the catalyst that makes Pennsylvania the top location for life sciences companies.

Molineaux brings to Life Sciences Pennsylvania more than 25 years of experience in the bio-pharmaceutical and health care industries, with front-line experience in developing and executing strategies to navigate a shifting economic and political environment.

9:00-9:40

Keynote Lecture – WIN Consortium

Targeting the Achilles’ Heel of Cancer: Synthetic Lethality and Hypoxia in Precision Oncology

William Kaelin was born in New York City. He studied chemistry and mathematics at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and received his doctor of medicine degree there in 1982. He then did his residency at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. In 2002 he became a professor at Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Work

 

Animals need oxygen for the conversion of food into useful energy. The importance of oxygen has been understood for centuries, but how cells adapt to changes in levels of oxygen has long been unknown. William Kaelin, Peter Ratcliffe, and Gregg Semenza discovered how cells can sense and adapt to changing oxygen availability. During the 1990s they identified a molecular machinery that regulates the activity of genes in response to varying levels of oxygen. The discoveries may lead to new treatments of anemia, cancer and many other diseases.

To cite this section
MLA style: William G. Kaelin Jr – Facts – 2019. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach 2025. Fri. 3 Oct 2025. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2019/kaelin/facts/>

From his Nobel award ceremony:

Gregg Semenza and Sir Peter Ratcliffe decided, independently, to find out how the erythropoietin gene can have such an extraordinary ability to react when oxygen levels drop. Semenza discovered an essential DNA element. Ratcliffe was on the same track and they showed that the element is active in all cells. Oxygen sensing thus takes place everywhere in our bodies. Semenza then discovered the critical player that acti- vates our defense genes. It was named HIF. HIF was subjected to an advanced form of control. It is continuously produced, but when oxygen is ample, it disappears. Only when oxygen levels drop, HIF will remain and can mobilise our defense.

William Kaelin studied a different problem, von Hippel- Lindau disease, with inherited increased risk of certain types of cancer. Cancer cells without the gene, VHL, had activated genes normally controlled by HIF. Sir Peter Ratcliffe proved, in a crucial experiment, that VHL is required for HIF to be removed.

But what was the signal to VHL that HIF needs to disappear?
In the early 2000s, Kaelin and Ratcliffe both solved this mystery. The signal was formed by attaching oxygen atoms onto HIF.
Without oxygen, no signal to VHL, HIF is left intact and can activate our defense.

Piece by piece of the puzzle, the Laureates explained a sensitive machinery that compensates when the vital oxygen is not available in exactly the right amount.

Today we know that the machinery affects a vast range of functions.
When oxygen is lacking, oxygen transport is enhanced by generation of new blood vessels and red blood cells. Our cells are also instructed to economize with the oxygen available, by reprogramming their energy metabolism. Oxygen sensing is also involved in many diseases. As a result of the Laureates’ discoveries, intense activities are under way to develop treatments against for example anemia and cancer.

Professors Semenza, Ratcliffe and Kaelin,
Your groundbreaking discoveries have shed light on a beautiful mechanism explaining our ability to sense and react to fluctuating oxygen levels. The system you have clarified is of fundamental importance for all aspects of physiology and for many human diseases. Without it, animal life would not be possible on this planet.

On behalf of the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet, it is my great privilege to convey to you our warmest congratulations. I now ask you to step forward to receive the Nobel Prize from the hands of His Majesty the King.

TRACK 1  204BC

 

WIN SYMPOSIUM

MULTI-OMICS

9:40 – 10:40

SESSION 1

From Base Pairs To Better Care:

AI and Omics in Precision Oncology

9:40-10:00

Multi-Omic Profiling and Clinical Decision Support in Precision Oncology

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

David Spetzler, PhD, MBA, MS,  President, Caris Life Sciences

10:00-10:20

Integrating Omics and AI for Next-Gen Precision Oncology

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Keith T. Flaherty, MD, FAACR, Director of Clinical Research, Massachusetts General Cancer CenterProfessor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
President-Elect: 2025-2026, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 

10:20-10:40

Real-World Data and AI in Precision Oncology: Making Data Work for Patients – Q&A

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

MODERATOR: Jeff Elton, PhD, Vice Chairman, Founding CEO
ConcertAI

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

PANELISTS: David Spetzler, PhD, MBA, MS, President, Caris Life Sciences

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Keith T. Flaherty, MD, FAACR, Director of Clinical Research, Massachusetts General Cancer CenterProfessor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
President-Elect: 2025-2026, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 

0:40 – 11:10

Break and Exhibits

TRACK 1  204BC

TRACK 2  204A

WIN SYMPOSIUM

MULTI-OMICS

11:10 – 1:10

SESSION 2

The Evolution of Precision Oncology:

Integrating MRD, AI, and Beyond

11:10-12:00

Precision Cancer Consortium

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez
Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Shruti Mathur, MSPharma Diagnostic Strategy Leader, Global Product Strategy (GPS), Genentech

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Daryl Pritchard, PhD, Interim President, Personalized Medicine Coalition

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Keith T. Flaherty, MD, FAACR, Director of Clinical Research, Massachusetts General Cancer CenterProfessor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
President-Elect: 2025-2026, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 

SESSION 3

The Shifting Landscape:

Tumor Plasticity and Resistance

12:00-12:20

Mathematical and Evolutionary Modeling in Precision Radiation Oncology

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Jacob Scott, MD, DPhil, Professor and Staff Physician-Scientist, CWRU School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic

12:20-12:40

Plasticity and Persistence: The Role of EMT in Cancer Progression and Therapy Resistance

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Sendurai A. Mani, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University; Associate Director of Translational Oncology, Brown University Legorreta Cancer Center

12:40-1:00

Targeting Molecularly Defined Subsets: Challenges in Translational Oncology

Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez

Benedito A. Carneiro, MD, MS, Director, Clinical Research
Director, Cancer Drug Development; Associate Director, Division of Hematology/Oncology
Legorreta Cancer Center, Brown University Health

Conference Coverage 2025 Advancing Precision Medicine Conference, Philadelphia PA October 3-4 2025

Reporter: Stephen J. Williams, PhD

The Annual Advanced Precision Medicine Conference will be held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center October 3-4 2025 in Philadelphia PA.   Advancing Precision Medicine is an organization dedicated to provide education and discourse among medical professionals to advance the field of precision therapeutics and diagnostics in cancer, cardiovascular, and other diseases.  The Annual symposium is held in Philadelphia.

The event will consist of two parallel tracks composed of keynote addresses, panel discussions and fireside chats which will encourage audience participation. Over the course of the two-day event leaders from industry, healthcare, regulatory bodies, academia and other pertinent stakeholders will share an intriguing and broad scope of content.

This event will consist of three immersive tracks, each crafted to explore the multifaceted dimensions of precision medicine. Delve into Precision Oncology, where groundbreaking advancements are reshaping the landscape of cancer diagnosis and treatment. Traverse the boundaries of Precision Medicine Outside of Oncology, as we probe into the intricate interplay of genetics, lifestyle, and environment across a spectrum of diseases and conditions including rare disease, cardiology, ophthalmology, and neurodegenerative disease. Immerse yourself in AI for Precision Medicine, where cutting-edge technologies are revolutionizing diagnostics, therapeutics, and patient care. Additionally, explore the emerging frontiers of Spatial Biology and Mult-Omics, where integrated approaches are unraveling the complexities of biological systems with unprecedented depth and precision.

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APM is a mission-driven team dedicated to advancing clinical practice through education in precision medicine, oncology, and pathology. Our expert-led programs bring together clinicians, pathologists, pharmacists, nurses, and researchers from across the country.

What We Offer

In 2025, we’re proud to offer three specialized event series—each tailored to a different corner of the healthcare ecosystem:

Register here for the 2025 Conference: https://www.advancingprecisionmedicine.com/apm-home/apm-annual-conference-and-exhibition-in-philadelphia/ 

Where discovery meets application – and science transforms lives.

What’s New in 2025?

Four Specialized Tracks:

Track 1 – 2025 WIN Symposium: Progress and Challenges in Precision Oncology
Presented in partnership with Advancing Precision Medicine

As the official 2025 WIN Symposium, this dedicated track will explore the evolving landscape of precision oncology, highlighting both groundbreaking advances and the ongoing challenges of translating molecular insights into clinical impact. Curated by the WIN Consortium, the program will feature global leaders in cancer research, diagnostics, and therapeutic innovation—offering a comprehensive view of how precision medicine is reshaping oncology across tumor types and care settings.

Track 2 – Day 1 – Multi-Omics Integration, Day 2 – Precision Medicine Outside of Oncology

From genomics and transcriptomics to proteomics and metabolomics—this track highlights how multi-layered data is revolutionizing systems biology and clinical decision-making.

Diving into applications across cardiovascular, neurology, rare disease, infectious disease, and other therapeutic areas where precision tools are reshaping clinical practice.

 

Why Attend?

  • Cutting-Edge Innovation: Explore AI-powered solutions, multi-omics workflows, clinical trial design, and real-world implementation.
  • Renowned Speakers: Hear from global thought leaders in translational research, biotech innovation, and personalized therapeutics.
  • Dynamic Format: Keynotes, fireside chats, panels, and audience-interactive discussions across four concurrent tracks.
  • Unmatched Networking: Collaborate with scientists, startups, executives, regulators, and investors shaping tomorrow’s care.
  • Philadelphia Advantage: Centrally located near premier academic institutions, hospitals, incubators, and venture capital networks.

Who Should Attend?

Researchers, clinicians, data scientists, regulatory experts, startup founders, investors, tech transfer professionals, and healthcare leaders.

Let’s advance a future that is more predictive, preventive, and precise—together.

Keynote Speaker

  • William Kaelin, Jr, MD

    2019 Nobel Laureate
    Sidney Farber Professor, Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

2019 Nobel Laureate

Sidney Farber Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute 

Senior Physician-Scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

William Kaelin is the Sidney Farber Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Senior Physician-Scientist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. He obtained his undergraduate and M.D. degrees from Duke University and completed his training in Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he served as chief medical resident. He was a clinical fellow in Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and later a postdoctoral fellow in David Livingston’s laboratory, during which time he was a McDonnell Scholar.

A Nobel Laureate, Dr. Kaelin received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and the American College of Physicians. He previously served on the National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Advisors, the AACR Board of Trustees, and the Institute of Medicine National Cancer Policy Board. He is a recipient of the Paul Marks Prize for cancer research from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Prize from the AACR; the Doris Duke Distinguished Clinical Scientist award; the 2010 Canada International Gairdner Award; ASCI’s Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award; the Scientific Grand Prix of the Foundation Lefoulon-Delalande; the Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences; the Steven C. Beering Award; the AACR Princess Takamatsu Award; the ASCO Science of Oncology Award; the Helis Award; the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Prize; the Massry Prize; the Harriet P. Dustan Award for Science as Related to Medicine from the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Kaelin’s research seeks to understand how, mechanistically, mutations affecting tumor-suppressor genes cause cancer. His laboratory is currently focused on studies of the VHL, RB-1, and p53 tumor suppressor genes. His long-term goal is to lay the foundation for new anticancer therapies based on the biochemical functions of such proteins. His work on the VHL protein helped to motivate the eventual successful clinical testing of VEGF inhibitors for the treatment of kidney cancer. Moreover, this line of investigation led to new insights into how cells sense and respond to changes in oxygen, and thus has implications for diseases beyond cancer, such as anemia, myocardial infarction, and stroke. His group also showed that leukemic transformation by mutant IDH was reversible, setting the stage for the development and approval of mutant IDH inhibitors, and discovered how thalidomide-like drugs kill myeloma cells by degrading two otherwise undruggable transcription factors,

2025 Steering Committee

Presentations

A diverse group of more than 90 key opinion leaders will convene to explore the critical forces shaping the future of healthcare. Representing a range of disciplines—including genomics, bioinformatics, clinical research, biopharma, technology, and investment—these experts will lead discussions on the latest advancements and challenges in precision medicine.

Topics will include the evolution of genomic sequencing technologies, ethical considerations in managing patient data, the integration of AI in diagnostics, and strategies for translating innovation into clinical practice. The inclusion of investors and strategic partners will also bring a vital perspective on funding models, commercialization pathways, and the acceleration of cutting-edge therapies. Together, these voices will offer a comprehensive view of the trends transforming personalized healthcare on a global scale.

Networking Opportunities

Our precision medicine event, hosting over 500 attendees, offers invaluable networking opportunities. Bringing together professionals, researchers, and industry leaders, the event facilitates engaging discussions, knowledge-sharing, and potential partnerships, driving advancements in precision medicine.

Why Exhibit

Exhibiting at the event provides a unique opportunity to showcase your cutting-edge solutions and connect with key stakeholders in the rapidly advancing field of personalized healthcare. As an exhibitor, you’ll gain visibility among industry leaders, researchers, and professionals, allowing you to forge strategic partnerships, highlight your contributions to precision medicine, and stay at the forefront of innovations shaping the future of healthcare. Don’t miss the chance to position your company as a leader in this dynamic and transformative space, driving meaningful collaborations and contributing to the advancement of precision medicine.

THE LOCATION

APM Annual Conference 2025

Pennsylvania Convention Center
1101 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Philadelphia

Registration Fees

Student – free
Academic/Government/Non-Profit  – free
Healthcare Providers – free 
Investors – free
Vendor/Technology Provider $999

Other Live Conference Proceedings can be found on this Online Open Access Journal at:

Press Coverage

including a list of previous conference at:

Part Two: List of BioTech Conferences 2013 to Present

including Live Coverage of the 2024 Advancing Precision Medicine conference at:

Real Time Coverage Advancing Precision Medicine Annual Conference, Philadelphia PA November 1,2 2024

 

Hypertention: New Guidelines for Treatment and Renal Denervation Methods approved by FDA underway to be covered by Medicare

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

 

Guidelines acknowledge the impact of renal denervation

The ACC/AHA guidelines also acknowledge the growing importance of renal denervation (RDN), a relatively new treatment for uncontrolled hypertension that involves ablating overactive renal nerves to help lower a person’s blood pressure. In fact, RDN received a class IIb recommendation for patients who have already been evaluated by a multidisciplinary team.

Two RDN treatments are currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration:

In addition, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is in the final stages of considering full Medicare coverage for RDN procedures, and a final decision is expected in the months ahead.

Both Recor Medical and Medtronic celebrated the inclusion of RDN in these updated recommendations.

“As leading voices in cardiovascular health practices, the AHA and ACC strengthen support for RDN as a treatment option for high blood pressure,” Lara Barghout, president and CEO of Recor Medical, said in a statement. “We are pleased to see that the strength of our RADIANCE Global Program formed the basis for the positive inclusion in the guidelines, which not only reinforce the credibility of this therapy—they directly align with the compelling clinical evidence behind the Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation System, which has consistently demonstrated safe, effective blood pressure reduction.”

“These updated hypertension guidelines are pivotal for physicians, as they validate RDN as an additional option for managing hypertension in patients who do not sufficiently respond to lifestyle modifications and pharmaceutical treatments,” Jason Weidman, senior vice president and president of Medtronic’s coronary and renal denervation business, said in a separate statement. “To date, we are seeing great interest from healthcare systems across the United States that are looking to offer the Symplicity blood pressure procedure. The updated renal denervation guidelines will enable greater patient access to this potentially life-changing intervention – not only in the United States, but globally as well.”

SOURCES

https://cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/clinical/hypertension/new-hypertension-guidelines-embrace-early-treatment-updated-risk-assessments-and-renal-denervation?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=cvb_policy

Original Report

Daniel W. Jones, MD, et al. 2025 AHA/ACC/AANP/AAPA/ABC/ACCP/ACPM/AGS/AMA/ASPC/NMA/PCNA/SGIM Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines. JACC. Aug. 14, 2025. 

 

New patient evaluation strategies

Another key takeaway from these guidelines is the recommendation that healthcare professionals use the PREVENT risk calculator to estimate a patient’s risk of a heart attack, stroke or heart failure. The AHA developed PREVENT in 2023. It is the first risk calculator of its kind to focus on how cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic health all work together to influence a person’s long-term risk of experiencing adverse cardiovascular outcomes.

The new document also recommends using

  • a patient’s ratio of urine albumin and creatinine for all patients presenting with high blood pressure.
  • In the past, this test was only classified as “optional” for these patients.

Lifestyle and medication recommendations

The guidelines define <130/80 mm Hg as the overarching blood pressure treatment goal for all adult patients, though “additional considerations” may be considered when patients require institutional care, have a limited predicted lifespan or are pregnant. While normal blood pressure is seen as anything <120 mm Hg systolic and <80 mm Hg diastolic, elevated blood pressure includes 120-129 mm Hg systolic and <80 mm Hg diastolic.

Also, the groups behind this document recommended that all adults follow a heart-healthy eating pattern, reduce sodium intake, increase dietary potassium intake, adopt a moderate physical activity program, manage stress and reduce or eliminate alcohol intake if they wish to help manage their blood pressure. Patients with an average blood pressure of ≥130/80 mm Hg should start taking medications to lower their blood pressure if an initial three to six months of lifestyle modification do not make a significant difference. When patients with stage 2 hypertension are prescribed medications, the guidelines recommend the initiation of antihypertensive drug therapy with two first-line agents or difference classes in a single pill to help “improve adherence and reduce time to achieve blood pressure control.”

“High blood pressure is the most common and most modifiable risk factor for heart disease,” Daniel W. Jones, MD, chair of the guideline writing group and dean and professor emeritus of the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson, Mississippi, said in a statement. “By addressing individual risks earlier and offering more tailored strategies across the lifespan, the 2025 guideline aims to aid clinicians in helping more people manage their blood pressure and reduce the toll of heart disease, kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes and dementia.”

486 articles in this Open Access Online had address Hypertension

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/?s=Hypertension

 

48 articles in this Open Access Online had address Renal Denervation

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/?s=Renal+Denervation

Good News: Life Sciences Innovations in Academic Centers in Israel in 2025

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

This is Rita Bruckstein’s post on Facebook, 9/19/2025

  • This is not an inclusive list of innovations available from Israeli establishments in 2025

TIKUN OLAM is the Jewish principle of fixing the world, improving our planet, for the benefit of all.
What are Israeli scientists working on in the middle of a war?
Israelis don’t build palm-shaped islands, towering skyscrapers, or expensive hotels, and their leaders don’t drive cars with huge silver bodies (a reference to Dubai and the United Arab Emirates).
Israel’s pride lies in the fact that its technologies can be used by all of humanity:
1. Tel Aviv University is developing a nasal vaccine that will protect people from Alzheimer’s and stroke.
2. The Technion (Haifa) has developed a simple blood test that can detect several types of cancer.
3. The Ichilov Center (Tel Aviv) has isolated a protein that makes colonoscopy unnecessary to detect colon cancer through a simple blood test. Colon cancer kills about 500,000 people a year.
4. Acne may not be fatal, but in many cases it causes distress in teenagers. The Carlite laboratory has created a drug. High-intensity ultraviolet radiation kills acne-causing bacteria.
5. The Given imaging lab has developed a tiny, pill-shaped camera that is swallowed and transmits thousands of images of the digestive system. These high-quality images (2 per second for 8 hours) can identify polyps, cancer, and sources of bleeding. The images are sent to a chip, which stores them and sends them to a computer. At the end of the process, the camera is removed through the anus.
6. The Hebrew University has developed an electrical neurostimulator (batteries) that is implanted in the chests of Parkinson’s patients, similar to a pacemaker. The emissions from this device block the nerve signals that cause tremors.
7. The simple smell of a patient’s breath can detect whether they have lung cancer. The Russell Berry Institute for Nanotechnology has created sensors capable of detecting and recording 42 biomarkers that indicate the presence of lung cancer without the need for a biopsy.
8. In many cases, catheterization will be possible. *Endopat* [EndoPAT 2000 and EndoPAT X] developed by Itamar Medical Ltd. is a device placed between the fingers that can measure the condition of the arteries and predict the possibility of a heart attack in the next 7 years.
[added by ALA]:

  • The EndoPAT 2000 is no longer sold by ZOLL Itamar as of May 1, 2025. 
9. At Bar-Ilan University, a new drug is being studied that fights viruses through the bloodstream. It is called *trap and wire* because it causes the virus to self-destruct. It is very useful in combating hepatitis and, in the future, AIDS and Ebola.
10. Israeli scientists at the *Hadassah* Medical Center (Jerusalem) have discovered the first cure for *amyotrophic lateral sclerosis*, also known as “Loewering’s disease,” in an Orthodox rabbi. Stephen Hawking, a famous British scientist, suffered from this disease and used methods invented by Israeli scientists to communicate.
*You won’t hear this from the media!* – The world shouldn’t live on bad news alone… so share it as good news. 🙏