Stem cell research

From lab-grown kidneys to self-healing tissues Prof. Dekel’s vision redefines regenerative medicine

Prof. Benjamin Dekel on growing hope and the future of regenerative medicine at Tel Aviv University’s Sagol Center

Prof. Dekel wears many hats as a physician-scientist.
 Japanese researchers restore movement in paralyzed patients using iPS stem cells. Illustration.

Japanese researchers restore movement in paralyzed patients using iPS stem cells

 Israeli scientists grow human embryo models from stem cells

Jerusalem and Toronto scientists reveal different DNA densities in stem cells

 Israeli scientists grow human embryo models from stem cells

Israeli scientists grow human embryo models from stem cells


Rescue efforts from overseas brings stem cells to COVID patient in Israel

This would not have been possible without the help of many Jewish community members who banded together to help someone whom they had never met.

 Rescue effort from overseas brings stem cells to COVID patient in Israel.

Scientists create first living robots that can reproduce - study

Less than a millimeter long, xenobots were originally first presented to the public in January of last year, where they could self-heal.

ROBOTS DANCE in a Boston Dynamics robotics company video posted on December 29.

Overlooked DNA may be what separates humans from other primates – study

Researchers grew brain cells from humans and chimpanzees using stem cells and compared the two cell types, finding the two primates use the non-coded DNA in different ways.

The secret to healing what ails you lies within your own DNA

Can a mouse be grown in a lab?

In a lab, developed at University of Virginia School of Medicine by Christine and Bernard Thisse, a mouse embryo has a heart that beats. The embryo? Made out of embryonic stem cells.

A mouse [illustrative].

Part-human part-monkey embryo provides insight into human aging process

By inserting human cells into macaque embryos, scientists hope to gain new information on the human aging process, solve organ donor shortages, and cure incurable diseases.

Conner the monkey

Israeli researchers testing if cord blood could help treat autism

World Autism Awareness Day is Friday, April 2.

Avi Biniachvili

Mouse embryos grown outside of uterus in latest feat of Israeli lab

"Our aim was to recreate those conditions. And now we can watch, in real-time, as each [genetic] domino hits the next one in line.”

WEIZMANN INSTITUTE scientists have studied the effect of cytomegalovirus on mouse fetuses.

Technion scientist uses stem cells to heal broken hearts, spines

Nowhere is the magic conjured by innovators greater than in medical technology.

Prof. Shulamit Levenberg in her lab.

Hadassah stem cell treatment could help MS patients walk again

Not only is there no known cure, but people with progressive MS currently have few if any working treatments.

A magnified view of a CD34+ stem cell

Israeli and Emirati companies join forces to develop COVID-19 treatment

The Israeli-Emirati joint projects aim to utilize each company's strengths in order to achieve results that will integrate the expertise of both companies.

Photos showing Pluristem CEO and COO Yaky Yanai, and Pluristem trials