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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
Cell T (in red) selects cell B (in blue) for the "training camp". In green - B cells lacking ICAMs. Photographed using a two-photon laser scanning microscope. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Corrective immune discrimination

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A white globule is pushed through endothelial cells on its way out of blood vessels. The intracellular skeleton (actin fibers) of the spherule and of the endothelial cells is exposed during the treatment. The location of the globule nucleus is shaded in brown and the globule branch that penetrated through the endothelial cells and is rich in actin fibers is shaded in yellow.

The secret of the power of the white cell

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Turning blood cells into nerve cells. Figure: Jong-Hee Lee and colleagues, CELL journal

A new method for turning blood cells into nerve cells may make cells available to cure diseases such as Alzheimer's

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