Transplants

The face transplant recipient from Barcelona. Photo courtesy of Val d'Hebron Hospital

World's first face transplant from a donor who received assisted dying: Breakthrough in Barcelona

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A euthanasia-donated face transplant was completed in Barcelona in a surgery that lasted up to 24 hours and involved about 100 staff members, with 3D planning and a strict medical-ethical procedure.
The system of restraints and brakes of the immune system. © The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Ill. Mattias Karlén

Nobel Prize in Medicine 2025: Discovery of the brakes on the immune system

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Freezing organs for transplantation. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Anticoagulant proteins show promise in preserving organs for transplantation

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A joint study by researchers from the Technion Hebrew University and the Weizmann Institute examined the possibility of incorporating anticoagulants into organs intended for transplantation to prevent damage to the organ and to cancel the transplant, as well as to help preserve organs for a longer period of time
Laboratory flasks containing thousands of white blood cells from a patient who developed "immune tolerance" to the donor after a bone marrow transplant. The cells show no signs of rejection of the donor cells (three columns on the left), but secrete chemicals that indicate rejection (indicated in red) when exposed to the cells of a third person (three columns on the right). Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Education for tolerance

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Saving organs for transplantation. Illustration: shutterstock

Long range organs / Dina Payne Maron

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Heart patch. Illustration: Tel Aviv University

A heart patch containing materials from the patient's body may replace heart transplants

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Dr. Eli Lewis (center) together with Eyal Ozari and another lab member - David Ohion. Photo: Danny Machlis, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

A method of receiving pancreatic islet transplants between members of different species has been developed, by combining natural blood protein and a common drug

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The structure of the liver. Figure: Wikipedia

Laboratory-engineered human livers, made in Israel... almost

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the lungs

artificial lung

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Stem cells. Photo: University of California

An important step on the way to growing large amounts of cells necessary for transplantation

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Prof. Samdar Cohen, Ben-Gurion University

For the first time, the Rapaport Award for excellence in the medical field is awarded

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Anticoagulants are more effective for preserving organs for transplantation

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Doctoral student on the road - part six - Roy's lecture

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

23 hands were transplanted (in 18 people), no one died, but two asked to amputate the hand

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new way to repair spinal cord injuries - a "liquid" bridge may help severed nerve cells to grow

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A three-dimensional tissue emerges from stem cells and a scaffold

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