The Oxford University Scientific Society, and the Oxford Israeli Cultural Society present:
Israeli Medical Achievements - Saving Lives Worldwide
Speaker: Professor Jacob Klein, Dr Lee's Professor of Chemistry, Oxford University
Chair: Professor Michael Yudkin, Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow of Kellogg College
Israel has long been held in high regard for its provision of healthcare. Some of the breakthroughs it has made in developing new treatments were unthinkable until they were finally achieved. For example, Israel performed the world's first ovarian tissue transplant so as to allow women who become infertile through chemotherapy to have children. In one institute, Israeli scientists developed the world's smallest computer, that can fit inside a test tube, to detect cancerous cells in their earliest stages. Equally, in 2005, scientists at the Technion University were the first to grow a heart from stem cells and successfully implant it into a pig, whose heart is similar to that of a human.
Professor Jacob Klein is Professor of Physical & Theoretical Chemistry at Oxford University and Professor at the Weizmann Institute where headed the polymer physics department. He has also been a visiting professor at Princeton University, and is a winner of the Ford Prize for polymer physics. He acts as a consultant to the Exxon Research and Engineering Company.
Followed by a free drinks reception
Details
Monday May 12th (week 4)
5pm - 6pm
Pitt Rivers Museum (it is located right behind the Natural Science Museum, so it is very central)
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