ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
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From self to non-self
ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL explain how stem-cell transplants provide new immune systems for those who need them
The obfuscation of Nazism’s capitalist roots has seen imperialism redeploy fascism again and again — from the killing fields of Guatemala to the war in Ukraine, writes PAWEL WARGAN
From Workers’ Memorial Day to May Day rallies, TOM MORRISON examines the real challenges facing the labour movement as Reform UK’s glossy literature exploits legitimate grievances in traditional left strongholds
Calls have been made for the return to Venezuela of a two-year-old girl currently being held in the US, after being separated from her family by immigration officials, reports SUSAN GREY
In the first of two articles, DANIEL POWELL investigates the causal aspects of the Russo-Ukrainian war as Britain commemorates 80 years since VE Day
IN THE coming weeks and months, the National Health Service will be tested to its limits, striving to save as many patients as possible who are seriously ill due to the coronavirus.
The surges in intensive-care patient numbers will cause major disruption to the routine work of the NHS, which includes crucial life-saving procedures.
One such procedure that has been particularly affected by international travel disruption has been stem-cell donation, for the treatment of conditions such as blood cancer.
Once the donation has been made, the stem cells need to be transplanted into the recipient within 72 hours.
Our immune system uses special structures on the surfaces of cells called antigens to recognise cells that belong to our own body (“self”).
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