The care you need to get you back to your life. Marvin Danf Family Health Care Center 6800 West Maple West Bloomfield, MI 48322 248.788.5300 Heartland= West Bloomfield Reversing Damage from page 33 6950 Farmington Road West Bloomfield, MI 4832 248.661.1700 Dvir said. "We saw good electrical sig- naling, which is extremely important to the heart. The patches we made using the gold are much superior" The researchers say the heart cells grown in cardiac patches need time to develop the proteins that enable them to conduct electricity — time someone with heart damage may not have. With their cardiac patch, they say, the gold nanoparticles do the job until the pro- teins can. Since finishing the study, the researchers have been transplanting the Experience Makes a Difference.° heartlandnursing.com ti f ,.. r) Gift Guide Don't miss our annual guide to gift giving for the holidays! Reach the Jewish community just in time for the holidays by placing your ad in the JN Gift Guide. Issue date: 11-27-14 Ad deadline: 11-13-14 1951850 cardiac patch into rats with damaged hearts. Preliminary results suggest that the gold-coating greatly improves the cardiac patches' capacity to conduct electricity from the healthy part of the heart, they say. The next step is to try making the cardiac patches with tissue from the rats receiving them. From there, it's on to larger animals, and eventually to clinical trials. ❑ Prof. Tal Dvir, a Tel Aviv University bioengi- neer, led the cardiac patch study team. Sky Foundation Annual Lunch Set For Nov. 2 November is Pancreas Cancer Awareness month. Sky Foundation Inc. will use the opportunity to start the month with its annual Sky Bistro lunch from noon-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 2, at the Townsend Hotel. Sky Foundation Inc. is dedicated to raising funds to advance research and increase awareness for the early detec- tion and treatment of pancreas cancer. In 2020, pancreas cancer is projected to become this country's second-leading cancer killer (claiming 48,000 lives each year), surpassed only by lung cancer. Pancreas cancer is at No. 4 today and will climb in the ranking partly by becoming more common, but mostly because it is ferociously difficult to detect and treat. "The dramatic increase in the antici- pated number of deaths is a wake-up call to the research and health-care sys- tems',' said Sheila Kasselman, pancreas cancer survivor and founder of Sky Foundation Inc., based in Bloomfield Hills. "We focus on the person, and our goal is to empower and bring hope to those affected by the disease:' she said. Many symptoms of pancreas cancer are vague and could be attributed to dif- ferent conditions. Symptoms can include The Jewish News 34 October 23 • 2014 Professor Tal Dvir, a bioengineer at Tel Aviv University and leader of the cardiac patch heart study, at work in his lab abdominal and back pain, weight loss, jaundice, loss of appetite, nausea, sud- den-onset diabetes and depression. With pancreas cancer, sensing even subtle body changes is critical, as is awareness of family history. Sky Foundation recommends genetic counseling as one important step in prevention for individuals who have first-tier relatives (parent or sibling) or two or more second-tier relatives (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins) with a history of pancreas cancer. Many health facilities in Metro Detroit have cancer genetics programs, includ- ing the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Beaumont Hospital and the University of Michigan. Awareness of family his- tory and changes in your body are criti- cal to your well-being. Sky Foundation has awarded a grant to the Pancreatic Cancer Center at the University of Michigan. Dr. Diane Simeone, director of the center, will be the featured guest speaker at the Nov. 2 lunch, along with Dr. Philip Philip from the Karmanos Cancer Institute. For more information or tickets, go to www.skyfoundation.com , call (248) 385-5143 or email sheilakasselman@ skyfoundation.org. ❑