Cancer research - basic

Breast cancer cells in culture as seen under an optical microscope. You can see the bands connecting the cells. Photo: Prof. Geiger, Weizmann Institute

All together and each separately

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Leukemia: shutterstock illustration

New research shows that the most common cancer in children may be preventable

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CT scan demonstrating the chest of a mesothelioma patient. From Wikipedia

Researchers have found a way to delay the development of mesothelioma cancer

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Biotechnological laboratory. Illustration: shutterstock

Cancer treatment succeeds in reprogramming cancer cells and returning them to a pre-cancerous state

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Prof. Rachel Popbetzer, Bar Ilan University. PR photo

Isotopia and Prof. Rachela Popobzer from Bar-Ilan are developing a new method for diagnosing and treating cancer

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Genetics researcher Prof. Marie Claire King, one of the brides and grooms of the Dan David Prize for 2018. Photo by Dan David Prize committee PR

The winner of the Dan David Award calls on women over the age of 30 to use a home test to detect the risk of cancer

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Computing in medicine. Image shutterstock

How do you reduce the transfer time of genomic data from six years to a few months?

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Cancerous breast cells (in blue). Source: NIH.

Researchers were able to reduce the risk factors for the spread of cancer metastases after resection of the primary tumor

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waves in the cell membrane. Source: From the study - Fronts and waves of actin polymerization in a bistability-based mechanism of circular dorsal ruffles.

Researchers shed new light on the movement of waves across cell membranes, which may affect cancer research and treatment

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The graphene layer (gray) leads the nanomedicine (white, red and blue) to the outer wall of the cell (yellow and red). Source: Courtesy of IBM.

Researchers at IBM have discovered a new way to stimulate an immune response in the body using nanomaterials

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Schematic diagram of the system and the DNA molecules conjugated to a synthetic molecule that pulls them through the hole. Right: an example of the optical signal (in two colors) indicating the level of methylation. Courtesy of the Technion.

Unimolecular cancer diagnosis

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From the right: Prof. Ora Peltiel, director of the School of Public Health at the Hebrew University and senior physician in the hematology department at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital and doctoral students Gefen Kleinstern and Rania Abu Sir (who received their PhDs as part of the research). Source: The Hebrew University.

Is there a difference between Jews and Palestinians in the risk factors of getting cancer?

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Why don't genetic tests for cancer provide clearer answers?

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Thyroid cancer cells. Source: NASA / Team Daniela Grimm.

Researchers have developed a new approach to the targeted elimination of aggressive cancer cells

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Cross-sectional image from a confocal microscope: breast cancer cells with high metastatic potential push into a polyacrylamide gel with a stiffness of 2.4 kPa, where this section is at a depth of 10.6 microns below the surface of the gel. In the picture you can see the cell nuclei (red), the actin element in the intracellular skeleton (green) and the connections of the cells to the surface at connection centers (blue).

A fatal warning: researchers have developed a method for estimating the metastatic potential of cancerous tumors

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From the study: Fluorescent radiation emission map of cells treated with the organometallic compound. Source: Dr. Carlos Sanchez-Cano et al. Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence Nanoprobe Reveals Target Sites for Organo-Osmium Complex in Human Ovarian Cancer Cells, Chemistry - A European Journal, 2017.

An organic-metallic compound for the elimination of cancer cells

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Papilloma virus - HPV

We have a vaccine for six types of cancer; Why do less than half of the children receive it?

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The gene that causes the severe degenerative disease of the nervous system may have been essential in our evolution. Illustration: pixabay.com.

Huntington's paradox: how an essential gene causes a fatal disease

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Prof. Hosem Haik. Photo: Technion spokespeople

Different diseases are characterized by different "chemical signatures" that can be identified based on a breath sample

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The brown color in the cancerous area (left side of the image) indicates a high level of RNF4 protein - a phenomenon that does not exist in the non-cancerous tissue on the right side. From a study led by Prof. Amir Orin from the Technion.

in the ubiquitin pathway

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The active substances from the Glutriptolides family are capable of being used as targeted "cruise missiles" against cancer cells. The glucose part is directed to the glucose carrier (red) anchored to the cell membrane, while directing the toxic triptolide into the cell. [Courtesy: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine]

An anti-cancer agent synthesized from a traditional Chinese medicine

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Compugen company employees on the eve of the offering

Immune Control Protein Discovered by Compugen Shows Potential for Developing New Cancer Immunotherapy Drugs

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Hasilon the Peacock Mantis, photo by Silke Baron CC By 2.0,

Cancer diagnosis inspired by mantis elimination

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Thyroid cancer cells. Source: NASA / Team Daniela Grimm.

Carcinogenic groups

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Electron microscope photo of T cells (in red) attacking a cancerous skin cell. Source: Rita Elena Serda, Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center at Baylor College of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health / flickr

Protection against cancer

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Because before melanoma spreads, it sends out tiny bubbles containing genetic material of the microRNA type, and they create the change in the structure of the dermis - in preparation for the absorption of the cancer cells and the transfer of metastases. Illustration: Tel Aviv University

Researchers from Tel Aviv University discovered the mechanism of the spread of melanoma cancer metastases and found ways to prevent its spread

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Prof. Doron Melamed teaches. Photo: Technion

The salvage pathway of the cancer cell

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System on a chip for immediate diagnosis of diseases. Photo: Public Relations - IBM

Lab-on-a-chip technology will help doctors diagnose cancer and various diseases at the nano level

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divide or conquer

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Stephen Keating, brain cancer patient. From the movie "Open Patient"

An open source approach to the fight against brain cancer

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A nanometer drug for cancer - an illustration describing the structure of the transport system and its activity in the tumor. Illustration: Maya Bar Zeev, Technion

Researchers at the Technion have developed nanometric technology for the targeted treatment of cancerous tumors in the stomach

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Awarding of the Kay Award to Dr. Pinchas Zuckerman from the Hebrew University. Public relations photo

The Kay Prize was awarded to Pinchas Zuckerman for the development of antibodies that destroy cancerous tumors

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Cancer cure. Illustration: shutterstock

A test for scanning the genome of tumor cells and adjusting a personalized medicine will be revealed at the IATI BIOMED conference

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Lung cancer cells. Illustration: shutterstock

Cell invasion - how do cancer cells detach from the tumor and establish metastases?

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One of the mummies in the Vác collection courtesy of Dr. Ildiko Pap, Department of Anthropology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest.

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have located a genetic change that increases the risk of colon cancer in a 300-year-old mummy

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An integrin is a transmembrane protein that is sensitive to signals received both from inside the cell and from its external environment. In its outer part it includes a binding site consisting of a sequence of three defined amino acids. In its internal part it includes a link to a material called Talin. In this way, the protein communicates between the inside of the cell and its external environment. Illustration: from Wikipedia

Integrin clusters are the universal units for cell adhesion

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Prof. Benny Dekal in the laboratory. Photo: Sheba Medical Center

Professor Binyamin Dekel - winner of the 2015 Zaim family award for excellence in cancer research

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Prof. Roland Kahan. From Wikipedia

Wolf Prize for Medicine for discovering the link between cancer and diabetes

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Melanoma metastases. Left: the RASA2 gene is expressed little or not at all. Life expectancy is lower than normal in about 35 percent of patients. Right: high expression of the RASA2 gene. Life expectancy is higher than usual.

A new gene, a mutation in which leads to the development of cancer in the future, the discovery may allow the development of new anti-cancer treatments

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Gold nanoparticles in the shape of triangles contained within the innovative detector. [Courtesy: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, School of Science, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis]

Advanced detector for rapid diagnosis of cancer

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A genetic disease caused by a mutation in a single gene. Illustration: Weizmann Institute

How a single gene that causes a rare disease helps in understanding complex diseases like cancer

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African elephant during a run. Photo: shutterstock

A cancer cure inspired by the elephant

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Cancer research. Illustration: shutterstock

Researchers from the Hebrew University have discovered anti-cancer substances that can stop tissues and proteins from betraying their role in the body

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Nano robots treat a cancer cell. Illustration: shutterstock

Cancer drugs hit the target / Dina Payne Maron

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The iGEM BGU team from Ben-Gurion University for 2015. Photo: Ben-Gurion University.

A group of students from Ben-Gurion is developing a system to identify all parts of a cancerous tumor and to transmit the information to surgeons

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Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Florida have discovered a way to reprogram cancer cells and turn them back into normal cells. Image: Mayo Clinic

Has the code been found that enables the transformation of cancer cells into healthy ones?

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Chemotherapy. Illustration: shutterstock

Graphene aids chemotherapy

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immune system. Illustration: shutterstock

A discovery in the immune system opens up a new target for developing treatments for cancer and asthma

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A female patient is undergoing chemotherapy. Photo: shutterstock

Fertility after chemotherapy

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Dr. Beth Schon in the lab. Credit: Courtesy of the Fulbright Program

A personal meeting - "ghosts" against cancer / Dorit Ferns

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