The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bone-marrow/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 09 Sep 2026 01:03:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png bone marrow | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/bone-marrow/ 32 32 Israeli study finds antibiotics can reverse salmonella damage to stem cells in mice https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-study-finds-antibiotics-can-reverse-salmonella-damage-to-stem-cells-in-mice/ Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:40:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3857248 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers say findings may improve chances of success for some of the 90,000 stem cell transplants performed annually in humans worldwide

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]]> Their labs destroyed by a missile, Weizmann scientists publish innovative blood cancer study https://www.timesofisrael.com/their-labs-destroyed-by-a-missile-weizmann-scientists-publish-innovative-blood-cancer-study/ Sun, 29 Jun 2025 15:30:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3586840 Researchers say they won't be able to return to facilities for years; findings can potentially lead to blood test that could replace invasive diagnostic bone marrow sampling

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]]> US Jewish principal donates bone marrow to 2-year-old https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-jewish-principal-donates-bone-marrow-to-2-year-old-after-school-drive/ Wed, 30 Sep 2020 06:23:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2398235 Rabbi Yossi Kastan, head of Berman Hebrew Academy in suburban Baltimore, gets a call after signing up as potential donor in 2018

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]]> After thousands swabbed to find donor, woman receives bone marrow from brother https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-thousands-swabbed-to-find-donor-bride-to-be-gets-bone-marrow-from-brother/ Mon, 19 Nov 2018 07:38:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1964521 No perfect match found despite 16,200 people being tested in bid to save Roni Cohen, who is said to be recovering well after treatment

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]]> Kim Kardashian honored for bone marrow effort to save Jewish man https://www.timesofisrael.com/kim-kardashian-honored-for-bone-marrow-effort-to-save-jewish-man/ Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:47:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1953048 Celebrity receives Gift of Life award for alerting her millions of social media followers in 2016 about drive to find match for Adam Krief, who died in 2017

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]]> Fundraiser for wife of Jewish cancer patient Adam Krief raises $130,000 in 3 days https://www.timesofisrael.com/fundraiser-for-wife-of-jewish-cancer-patient-adam-krief-raises-130000-in-3-days/ Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:01:08 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1592141 Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Mayim Bialik and Jason Biggs touted drives to find bone marrow donors for 32-year-old Krief

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]]> Israeli cancer patient meets her lifesaving US bone marrow donor https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-cancer-patient-meets-her-us-bone-marrow-donor-for-first-time/ Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:39:03 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1493636 'I never imagined I'd get to save a life,' says Birthright alum as he returns to Israel to visit leukemia sufferer he helped

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]]> Kim Kardashian urges donor match for Jewish cancer patient https://www.timesofisrael.com/kim-kardashian-urges-donor-match-for-jewish-cancer-patient/ Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:28:56 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1470643 Celebrity posts Facebook message backing bone marrow drive for Adam Krief, Los Angeles father of three

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]]> Israeli doctors rally to save 5-year-old Syrian girl https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-doctors-spies-rally-to-save-5-year-old-syrian-girl/ Thu, 07 Apr 2016 01:57:57 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1371505 Seriously wounded from continued fighting in her wartorn country, she arrives at an Israeli hospital where doctors discover her cancer

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]]> Reform temples to hold Yom Kippur bone marrow drives https://www.timesofisrael.com/reform-temples-to-hold-yom-kippur-bone-marrow-drives/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:57:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1062907 75 congregations partner with Gift of Life foundation for second year running

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]]> Bereaved parents find joy with new baby, thanks to NIH https://www.timesofisrael.com/bereaved-parents-find-joy-with-new-baby-thanks-to-nih/ Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:09:14 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1013396 Their blogs on daughter's terminal struggle spanned a virtual community, Ayelet Nation. Now, with the help of medical breakthrough, the Galenas have welcomed a son

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]]> 11-month-old boy needs risky bone marrow transplant to save his life http://newyork.cbslocal.com/video/9052236-11-month-old-boy-needs-risky-bone-marrow-transplant-to-save-his-life/ Wed, 10 Jul 2013 07:59:44 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=590084 CBS New York: Jewish toddler with rare genetic disease must live in sterile environment until procedure

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]]> Bone marrow from a beauty https://www.timesofisrael.com/bone-marrow-from-a-beauty/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:15:56 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=453562 Agam Rudberg was a match for woman with Leukemia who sorely needed life-saving transplant

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]]> Maccabeats seek a Hanukkah miracle https://www.timesofisrael.com/maccabeats-seek-another-hanukkah-miracle/ Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:37:14 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=309192 Yeshiva University music group promotes the Gift of Life bone marrow registry in its latest YouTube hit

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]]> The army confronts a new kind of enemy https://www.timesofisrael.com/army-confronts-new-kind-of-enemy/ Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:12:14 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=9030 IDF soldiers have been asked upon induction to give bone marrow samples, with extraordinary results

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