World’s first human spinal cord implant to take place in Israel

Israel is preparing to perform the world’s first-ever human spinal cord implant using a patient’s own cells, a medical breakthrough that could allow paralysed patients to stand and walk again, Tel Aviv University announced on Wednesday. Read more

Researchers have grown human kidney organoids from tissue stem cells

For the first time, researchers from both Sheba Medical Centre and Tel Aviv University have grown human kidney organoids (a synthetic 3D organ culture) from tissue stem cells in the laboratory, mirroring human fetal kidney development. Read more

Israeli researchers create synthetic embryos from stem cells

Scientists at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have successfully created complete synthetic models of human embryos using laboratory-grown stem cells. Read more