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While the stem cell debate rages,
scientists at the Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology are
using this important science
to advance medicine and
save lives.

biological pacemaker. Eventually, this could
eliminate mechanical pacemakers,
which require surgery to replace
the battery every few years,
and could replace damaged
cells in patients who have
had heart attacks.

Technion researchers
have turned embryonic
stem cells into insulin
producing cells for treating
diabetes,and into muscle
and blood vessel cells for
future replacement parts. They are
successfully growing stem cells into
beating heart muscle, which is already
being used to test new drugs and to study
the effects of stresses on the heart.

Most recently, Technion researchers have
shown that stem cells can be integrated
into a damaged heart, where they help
regulate its activity, in effect becoming a

Technion scientists are
also developing special
cell lines that can address
one of the most significant
challenges of stem cell
technology—how to coax more of
the cells to develop into specific types
that are needed—say heart or nerve
cells.

The American Technion Society is proud to
be a partner in these efforts. With your
help, we can ensure that Israel's scientists
continue shaping a stronger Israel and a
better, safer world.

IF AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR

TECHNION

ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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call (248) 737-1990 or visit www.ats.org/cell

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have about the Holocaust, both nar-
ratives are correct!'
Joint support of the Museum of
the History of Polish Jews, which
will begin construction later this
year in Warsaw, also is important, he
said.
It is a history of
our nation where
the Jews always
played such a
prominent role for
1,000 years:' he
said. About 80
percent of Jews
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He cited the vast-
ly improved relations between Israel
and Poland in the past 16 years.
Poland broke relations with Israel
in 1967, and re-established relation-
ships in 1990. -
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was the attack on both sides:' he
said. Poland, a country infected with
anti-Semitism, was presented as a
staunch enemy of Israel, and com-
munist propaganda told Poles. that
Israel was an imperialist state, he
said.
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fight this disease."
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relations are much better now, but
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Holocaust survivors.
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during the war, but there were bad
people everywhere,' he said. The
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Germany, who occupied Poland, and
it is important to remember those
who collaborated, but those who
risked their lives in order to save
Jews!'
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issues still are unresolved, including
restitution and compensation of
Jewish private property confiscated
during World War II, that he hopes
the new Polish government will
address.
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and I think it is important to try to
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