Tel Aviv University

Newly developed biosensor can target leukemic stem cells

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Dr. Michael Milyavsky (left) and his research student Muhammad Yassin (right). Image courtesy of Tel Aviv University. Every three minutes, one person in the United States is diagnosed with a blood cancer, which amounts to over 175,000 people every year. Every nine minutes, one person in the United States dies from a blood cancer, which … Continue reading Newly developed biosensor can target leukemic stem cells

Scientists say they’re one step closer to being able to build a new you, using your own stem cells.

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One of the biggest obstacles to transplanting organs from one person to another is that the immune system of the person getting the new life-saving organ often tries to reject it. The immune cells see the new material as “foreign” and attacks it, sometimes destroying it. Right now, the only way to prevent that is … Continue reading Scientists say they’re one step closer to being able to build a new you, using your own stem cells.