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Dr. Catherine Vandorna. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion spokesperson

This is how the bone marrow reacts to injuries and infections

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Dr. Kathryn Vandorna from the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering at the Technion developed a new method that allows the monitoring of the formation of immune blood cells in the bone marrow. For this purpose, she used tiny magnetic particles of iron oxide, which she followed with various imaging methods, including MRI of the living creature
A "ghost" heart is a pig heart that has been prepared so that it can be transplanted into humans. Provided by Doris Taylor

"Ghost" hearts from a pig and the patient's stem cells will replace the need for heart donations

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Today, patients needing a heart transplant have to join a waiting list, and hearts become available when someone else dies. Because there are not enough hearts, only critically ill patients are put on the waiting list
Cardiac tissue regeneration under the microscope. In the picture you can see thin green stripes that mark the cleavage furrows that form between the heart muscle cells (in red) that are dividing. The laboratory of Prof. Eldad Tzhor, Weizmann Institute

Heal the heart with the help of cancerous processes

Researchers from the laboratory of Prof. Eldad Tzhor from the Weizmann Institute discovered that given the right signal, mature heart muscle cells in mice can go back to an earlier developmental state and replace the scar tissue with new, healthy tissue
Illustration: Courtesy of the Weizmann Institute

the heart key

Myocardial infarction in the mouse. Marked in red - the cells of the immune system in the damaged area

Blue is good for the heart

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A venomous cone in action. Quickly and efficiently eliminates fish, worms and other bystanders that peck in its path

The snail's bite

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Helix-shaped cholesterol crystals. Digital processing of data obtained from four different crystals in different cells using soft x-ray imaging under cold conditions (cryo-SXT)

The bad crystal

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Illustration: Patrick J. Lynch.

A new wireless pacemaker may prevent common complications

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Stem cells could restore scar tissue or prevent its formation after a heart attack and treat heart failure. Illustration: Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist.

Treatment of heart failure through stem cell injection receives a "standard"

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Dr. Joachim Bahar. Photo: Nitzan Zohar, Technion Spokesperson.

keep pace

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Image: pixabay.

Can gene therapy cure heart disease?

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The process of widening a blocked artery with a stent. Photo: shutterstock

The Ministry of Health approved the use of a biodegradable stent

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Cross section of a human lung infected with cancer. The white block above is his tape and the black areas indicate that the original owner of the lung smoked. From Wikimedia

A new study conducted in the USA: within minutes of smoking a cigarette, immediate damage is caused to DNA

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Prof. Naim Shahada (left) and Dr. Gal Neuman at the Rambam clinic. Photo: Piotr Plitar.

Sons ate unripe, the teeth of fathers will be priests

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Lung on a chip. Image courtesy of Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

Development of a human lung on a chip

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Right: Dr. Eldad Tzhor and Itamar Harel. Photo: Weizmann Institute

One in the mouth and the same one in the heart - the connection between the facial muscles and the heart muscle

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The Broken Hearts Facility Club

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Drink milk and live longer

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