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Prof. Roi Gazit, left, head of the stem cell laboratory at the Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Courtesy/Dani Michalis), and Dr. Ofir Cohen, also from BGU’s Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics.
July 18, 2026, 4:40 pm
Israeli study finds antibiotics can reverse salmonella damage to stem cells in mice
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
By Diana Bletter
In this file photo provided by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chairs the Arab summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)
August 13, 2023, 1:44 pm
Daily Briefing Aug 13: Is the Saudis’ first PA envoy a herald of ties with Israel?
Diplomatic reporter Lazar Berman on airlifting Ethiopians from Gondar war, potential US-Iran deal; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on Sacklers’ opioid legacy, tiny stem cell heart
By ToI Staff
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
Placenta multinucleated cells (Moriyah Naama/Buganim Lab Hebrew University)
June 29, 2023, 8:10 pm
In first, Hebrew U. lab induces placenta cells, boosting pregnancy disorder research
Achievement will allow study of possible causes for placental insufficiency, which affects up to 15% of pregnancies and causes one in 100 pregnancies to end in miscarriage
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Digital imagery of stem cell-derived embryos created by scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in June 2023. (Screen capture/Weizmann Institute of Science)
June 15, 2023, 8:48 pm
In breakthrough, Israeli scientists say they synthesized human embryos from stem cells
Weizmann Institute team uses stem cell model allowing researchers to see into ‘black box’ of critical early stage of pregnancy
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A researcher examines human embryonic stem cells with a microscope in Michigan, October 22, 2008. (Paul Sancya/AP)
June 15, 2023, 10:28 am
Scientists create synthetic human embryos from stem cells, without an egg or sperm
Team at UK’s University of Cambridge grow embryo to point where distinct cell lines form, though not brain or heart
By ToI Staff
FILE - Unidentified crash investigators inspect the nose section of the crashed Pan Am flight 103, a Boeing 747 airliner in a field near Lockerbie, Scotland, December 23, 1988. The plane crashed two days before, killing more than 270 people. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File)
December 12, 2022, 1:51 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 12: Justice for victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing at last?
Editor David Horovitz on today’s Knesset agenda and Thursday’s live-streamed event, ‘Israel’s Judiciary: Reform or Ruin?’; health reporter Nathan Jeffay on the winter ‘tripledemic’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image: artist's depiction of cells with X and Y chromosomes (frentusha via iStock by Getty Images)
November 29, 2022, 2:22 pm
In world first, Israeli lab derives male and female stem cells from same person
Using cells identical in genetic composition, but not in gender, scientists hope to be better able to understand how drugs affect men and women differently
By Nathan Jeffay
A synthetic mouse embryo grown at Weizmann Institute of Science, pictured dally, from day one top left, to day eight bottom right. (Courtesy Weizmann Institute of Science)
August 26, 2022, 10:19 am
Scientists again manage to create synthetic mouse embryos using only stem cells
Study by California researchers follows on from similar work by Israeli biologists at Weizmann Institute: ‘We are undoubtedly facing a new technological revolution’
By AP and ToI Staff
A synthetic mouse embryo grown at Weizmann Institute of Science, pictured dally, from day one top left, to day eight bottom right. (Courtesy Weizmann Institute of Science)
August 1, 2022, 11:18 pm
Using only skin cells, Israeli lab makes synthetic mouse embryos with beating hearts
In peer-reviewed breakthrough, embryos grown from stem cells; diverse group of scientists says method may one day be used to ethically grow cells for replacement human organs
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: stem cells (wildpixel; iStock by Getty Images)
July 25, 2022, 5:44 pm
Israeli lab grows proto-sperm from stem cells, in potential fertility breakthrough
Scientists’ work on sperm-less mice could help treat human problems in the future
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: A doctor evaluates results of magnetic resonance imaging of a brain. (iStock via Getty Images)
March 1, 2022, 2:39 pm
Israeli study: Stem cells may help multiple sclerosis brain ‘repair itself’
Eight of 15 patients who receive NG-01 therapy as spinal injection see better disability scores; inventors say therapy may ‘dramatically improve’ patients’ lives
By Nathan Jeffay
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March 18, 2021, 1:53 pm
Podcast: Daily Briefing Mar. 18 – The future is now: An Israeli artificial womb
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By ToI Staff
A mouse embryo grows in the artificial womb at the Weizmann Institute of Science (courtesy of the Weizmann Institute of Science)
March 17, 2021, 6:02 pm
In breakthrough, Israelis grow hundreds of mouse embryos in artificial wombs
Scientists say groundbreaking method could lead to human gestation outside the womb; new insight into organ formation could spur other advances; fetuses have fully formed organs
By Nathan Jeffay
Gamida Cell's lab manager Noga Goudsmid-Rosenheimer at work, July 16, 2017 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israel)
February 11, 2021, 11:33 am
Hope grows for blood cancer patients, as cell therapy firm’s key trial succeeds
Gamida Cell shares surge after results of key trial show flagship drug results in faster blood count recovery, fewer bacterial and viral infections after bone marrow transplants
By Shoshanna Solomon
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