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The synthetic embryos were nurtured outside the womb and survived up to 14 days of development with all the features characteristic of their stage.

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First: TAU Spinal Cord Implants May Help Paralyzed People Walk Again

By Jewish Press News Desk

The technology behind the breakthrough uses patient tissue samples, transforming it into a functioning spinal cord implant via a process that mimics the development of the spinal cord in human embryos.

Ben-Gurion University

Targeted Stem Cells Might Hold the Key to Eradicating Leukemia

By Ben-Gurion University

A cure for leukemia may lie in an innovative and targeted form of stem cell treatment currently being developed in Israel.

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Hebrew U Isolates 'Haploid' Human Stem Cells, Changing Future of Medicine

By JNi.Media

Potential for regenerative medicine and cancer research earns doctoral student Ido Sagi a Kaye Innovation Award.

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech

Hebrew U’s Dr. Yosef Buganim Honored for Stem Cell Research Breakthroughs

By JNi.Media

A top Israeli medical scientist receives an award for work that may help women with placenta problems give birth to healthy children.

Israel / News Briefs / Health and Medicine / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Hebrew U's Dr. Yosef Buganim Awarded for Work in Stem Cells

By JNi.Media

A potential future use of iPSCs is the creation of whole organs (such as heart, liver or kidney) in a suitable animal model using cells taken from the patient.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Would You Eat a Kosher, Lab-Grown Cheeseburger?

By JTA

It’s not enough that kosher ersatz bacon is on the market. Now it’s kosher cheeseburgers, from “meat” grown in a lab, waiting for the cheese. The lab-grown burger cost only $325,000 to make. Two to go?