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Sperm Use Heat Sensors to Find the Egg

Sperm Use Heat Sensors to Find the Egg

31.01.2003
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Fertility
Much like guided missiles that sense the heat of a plane's engine, sperm are guided to the fertilization site by temperature, reports a Weizmann...
Top (arrow): Transplant of a human kidney originating from an 8-week old embryo, 8 weeks after transplantation. Bottom: Tissue sections of the kidney transplant at varying magnifications indicating differentiation into various cell structures.

Human Kidneys Created in Mice

23.12.2002
Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Transplanted tissue could offer a solution to kidney donor shortage  
Gene Responsible For Anemia (Type CDA-1) Discovered

Gene Responsible For Anemia (Type CDA-1) Discovered

15.12.2002
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
A rare type of the disease found mainly in Bedouins may provide insight into anemia  
Forty-year-old theory promoted to fact

Forty-year-old theory promoted to fact

24.10.2002
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
‘TWIN SISTER’ MECHANISM PREVENTS FORMATION OF GENETIC MUTATIONS    
Prof. Yair Reisner. Cells on a hair trigger

Veni, Vidi, Veto

01.10.2002
Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Cells that "draw first" in the fight with the immune system may facilitate bone marrow transplants
Prof. Tsvee Lapidot and Ph.D. student Isabelle Petit. Raising anchor

Unlocking Stem Cell Gates

01.10.2002
Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A newly-discovered "anchors aweigh" mechanism may aid in collecting stem cells for transplant
Idit Shachar.

Ignoring the Siren Song

01.10.2002
Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Young immune cells may show the way to new autoimmune therapies
Dr. Ziv Reich.

DNA Trafficking

01.10.2002
Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
"Incognito" genes could open the door to a wide range of therapies
Letters to the Genetic Editor

Letters to the Genetic Editor

01.10.2002
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Organic Chemistry
What makes editors in the cell tick?
Bone Marrow Transplants May be Improved Due to the Uncovering of a Key Mechanism Responsible for Stem Cell Mobilization

Bone Marrow Transplants May be Improved Due to the Uncovering of a Key Mechanism Responsible for Stem Cell Mobilization

30.06.2002
Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Weizmann Institute scientists have uncovered a mechanism that enables stem cells to exit the bone marrow into the blood circulation of healthy...

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