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March 8, 2016

Whole stem cells (top left) are drained of their contents (the process is depicted in the direction of the arrow), reduced in the laboratory to nanometer size (nanometer ghosts), and loaded with nucleic acids (in blue). Those nano-ghosts are injected into the patient and through the blood vessels (in red) they reach the tumor (in green) specifically, and only there they unload their cargo, leading to the creation of the anti-cancer drug.

Cancer research: a dramatic improvement in the effectiveness of gene therapy

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When the level of PYK2 is lowered through genetic engineering, metastatic breast cancer cells (left) revert to a non-invasive state (right). In this state they come into contact with each other and take the form of healthy tissue cells. Source: Weizmann Institute.

On the occasion of International Women's Day 2016: three goals

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