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Matricelf launches Parkinson’s spin-off to develop living brain implants

New subsidiary NeuroVectis to raise $3.5M and receive exclusive global license for autologous tissue platform; parent company retains 25% stake, royalties and IPO-linked success fees in push beyond spinal cord therapies

ynet Global | 02.24.26

Can a pig liver save a failing human one?

As FDA-approved trials begin, researchers are testing whether a genetically engineered pig liver used outside the body can filter blood like a biological dialysis machine, giving the human liver time to rest, recover or await transplant

Tzur Gueta | 02.10.26

For the first time in five years, Israel’s organ transplant waiting list shrinks

Israel performed 622 organ transplants last year, with 96 families consenting to donation and 131 patients advanced through the queue via donor cards, according to the 2025 Transplant Center report; deaths on the waiting list fell from 72 to 56

Or Hadar | 01.19.26

Israeli geneticist rethinks testing after rare twin blood case

A Brazilian case in which a woman’s blood carried her twin brother’s DNA is prompting Israeli specialists to question assumptions about genetic testing, transplant compatibility and prenatal screening, especially in twin pregnancies

Maayan Hoffman/The Media Line | 01.15.26

Pigs could revolutionize the future of organ transplants

As transplant waiting lists grow and patients die before donors are found, clinical trials and genetic engineering — from China to the U.S. to Israel — are pushing toward a breakthrough, with genetically modified pigs leading the way

Tzur Gueta | 10.11.25

'I felt like a rag, powerless in bed: A penile implant gave me back my life'

After losing his first wife to cancer, undergoing a kidney transplant, and battling prostate cancer, and when he finally found new love, Amir thought intimacy was gone forever. Then, at 66, he chose a penile implant — and says it saved his life

Ariela Ayalon | 09.20.25

אורי ג'רבי ז"ל, התינוק איציק קלויזנר שקיבל את הכבד שלו

Fallen IDF soldier's organs give baby Itzik a shot at life

The late Ori Gerby, died in battle in Khan Younis and his parents donated their son's organs to seven-month-old baby Itzik who needed a liver transplant with no hesitation

Lior Ohana | 06.11.24

הלווייתו של רס״ן דור זימל ז"ל בבית העלמין באבן יהודה

During Major Dor Zimel's funeral, wounded soldier receives lungs and will breathe again

Kfir Zer requests his family to attend Dor Zimel's funeral moments before the doctors performed the lung transplant surgery; Kfir's father said that his condition was deteriorating and Dor's organs saved lives, including Kfir's life

Adir Yanko | 04.22.24

Terror victim's lungs save IDF soldier wounded in Gaza battle

Lungs of Lidor Levi, murdered in stabbing attack at southern Israel shopping center, transplanted in soldier, 23, critically wounded in Gaza in January; Levi's heart transplanted into 63-year-old man

Sarit Rosenblum | 04.07.24

'Charity begins at home': Journalist responds to backlash over 'Jews only' kidney donation

Arnon Segal accuses media of exploiting situation for ratings; 'I didn't come here to educate anyone, so don't educate me,' he says

Alexandra Lukash, Nir Cohen, Attila Somfalvi, Moran Azulay | 07.16.23

Arnon Segal donated his kidney to my husband, and we're forever grateful

Opinion: Instead of empowering the noble act that saved my husband, the criticism against his 'Jews only' provision may drive away potential donors, and it is the patients who will pay the price; It's simply better to just say 'thank you'

Smadar Assouline | 07.14.23

I donated a kidney to an Arab citizen - a Jewish and Zionist act

Opinion: Unlike journalist Arnon Segal, I stated at the beginning of the process that I would be happy to donate to anyone regardless of religious, ethnic or gender distinctions; When it comes to health matters, I have no political or national considerations

Dafi Forer-Kremer | 07.12.23

Israeli journalist and right-wing activist donates kidney, but only to Jews

Arnon Segal says when it comes to saving lives, he respects everyone, and that the recipient of the kidney can be secular, left-wing or from the LGBTQ+ community

Dr. Itay Gal | 07.12.23

A second chance at life: How terror victim's heart saved a mother in despair

Lital Valensi, 51, was a healthy and athletic woman until she was diagnosed with heart failure; Last month she received a heart transplant from Leah Dee, the mother who was murdered in a terror attack along with her 2 daughters; 'When I saw Leo at the torch-lighting ceremony, it felt like something in my heart moved, as if Leah could feel it'

Orit Merlin-Rosenzweig | 05.13.23

Israeli woman receives urgent liver transplant after using painkillers on vacation

A trip abroad almost cost Svetlana Wellman her life: She returned to Israel from Bulgaria with acute liver failure and had to undergo liver transplant after locally bought painkillers cause scare

Adir Yanko | 04.13.23

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