Diana Bletter

2 days ago | timesofisrael.com | Diana Bletter

A 21-year-old soldier, identified as only by his first initial “Aleph,” serving in Gaza, took a short leave from the fighting to donate bone marrow to a five-year-old girl suffering from leukemia on Thursday at Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem, the hospital said. The soldier, who serves in the elite Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, was found to be a rare genetic match through the Eli Alkobi bone marrow donor registry at Hadassah.

2 days ago | timesofisrael.com | Diana Bletter

For the first time in Israel, researchers captured images of three generations of bottlenose dolphins swimming together off the coast of Tel Aviv on Sunday. The “grandmother” dolphin, known as Hooks, was photographed with her daughter and her daughter’s calf. Meytal Markovich, a volunteer of the environmental nonprofit Delphis Association and a University of Haifa student, took the photographs of the three dolphins.

2 days ago | timesofisrael.com | Diana Bletter

The Health Ministry says a man who donated sperm anonymously in the central region of the country from 1974 to 1985 has been identified as a carrier of Lynch syndrome, a hereditary genetic condition that increases the risk of developing cancer, including uterine and colorectal cancer. The ministry recommends recipients of sperm donations during these years inform their offspring so that they can consult with a genetic laboratory.

2 days ago | qoshe.com | Diana Bletter

2 days ago | qoshe.com | Diana Bletter