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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

kidney disease

A heart model grown from stem cells (screenshot courtesy of Tissue Dynamics)
August 8, 2023, 8:16 pm
Created from stem cells, Israeli researchers grow tiny, beating model of human heart
The size of a third of a grain of rice, organoid connected to sensors reveals previously unknown aspects of cardiac physiology
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A hair stylist combs through hair after using a treatment for long-term straightening. (Andrii Borodai via iStock by Getty Images)
February 10, 2023, 10:36 am
Some hair-straightening products can cause kidney failure – pioneering Israeli study
Israel 1st country to ban treatments with glyoxylic acid which gets absorbed in skin, causing pain, vomiting, and harm to kidneys; researchers anticipate global awareness
By Nathan Jeffay
Ra'am party leader Mansour Abbas at the party headquarters in Tamra, on election night, March 23, 2021. (Flash90)
April 11, 2021, 2:35 pm
Potential coalition kingmaker Abbas undergoes successful kidney stone removal
Ra’am party chief, courted by Netanyahu in coalition talks, is sent home from hospital feeling well after operation on Friday
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A dialysis machine to treat kidney disease. (Picsfive; iStock by Getty Images)
November 20, 2018, 2:15 pm
Israeli kidney-cells startup gets backing from billionaire Kahn’s venture arm
KidneyCure Ltd., a biotech firm that uses personalized cell therapy to help improve the function of kidneys, nabs funding from investors including Morris Kahn’s Aurum Ventures
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative photo of a man receiving medical treatment at a Palestinian hospital in Ramallah, March 17, 2011. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
May 2, 2017, 12:25 pm
PA blames Israel after ex-inmate dies from kidney failure
Palestinian prisoners’ committee says death result of ‘medical negligence’ while in custody; Israel says proof needed to support claim
By ToI Staff
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, May 27, 2014. (Flash90)
March 5, 2016, 10:17 pm
Former defense minister Ben-Eliezer hospitalized
Ex-Labor leader in stable condition at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center; was indicted in absentia last month on multiple graft charges
By ToI Staff
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer in 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 23, 2016, 5:22 am
Ex-defense minister Ben-Eliezer charged in graft case
Former Labor Party leader’s attorney appears in his stead, denies corruption charges leveled against one-time presidential candidate
By ToI Staff
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, May 27, 2014. (Flash90)
February 22, 2016, 9:48 am
Graft trial begins for ex-defense minister Ben-Eliezer
Former Labor Party leader facing slew of corruption charges allowed to skip arraignment hearing due to poor health
By Tamar Pileggi
Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz post-op after donating a kidney on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. (courtesy)
June 19, 2015, 4:07 pm
Arizona rabbi donates his ‘spare’ kidney to save young Israeli
Following the ideals he preaches, Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz gives Yossi Azran, a fledgling playwright who has suffered from kidney disease for 15 years, a new lease on life
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative photo of an operating room. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 22, 2014, 7:17 pm
Discovery could spare patients from kidney transplant
New research by an Israeli-US team’s ‘rainbow mouse’ shows how the organ regenerates itself inside the body
By David Shamah
Dr. Karl Skorecki (Photo credit: Rambam Hospital)
August 18, 2013, 5:21 pm
A musical cure for African-American kidney disease?
Smokey Robinson and Natalie Cole among headliners at festival to fund Rambam Hospital research into the genetic basis of a prevalent illness
By David Shamah
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