skin cancer

A new direction for fighting cancer: making it incriminate itself

Prof. Yardena Samuels' lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science has succeeded in making cancer cells surrender themselves to the immune system. The new approach may offer hope to incurable patients
Prof. Carmit Levy and Prof. Yaron Carmi

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have discovered a new cancer mechanism, the activation of which eliminates cancerous tumors

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Prof. Carmit Levy: Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment," explains Prof. Carmi, "but about 50% of patients do not respond to the standard treatment - the PD-L1 protein. We found a new protein Ly6a against which treatment with an antibody
Right: Prof. Ronit Sachi-Painero and doctoral student Shani Koshrovsky-Michael

Innovative technology: Two drugs are launched together, attacking cancerous tumors simultaneously

Innovative technology will allow two drugs to be launched to simultaneously attack a cancerous tumor
Biological research. Illustration: from JUMPSTORY

A drug that will defeat skin and liver cancer without chemotherapy

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A cross-section of a skin cancer tumor (melanoma) that metastasizes into the bloodstream. Image: from shutterstock

Fighting melanoma: the challenge of drug resistance

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Skin cancer (melanoma). From Wikipedia

The chances of success of immunotherapy depend on the degree of heterogeneity of the cancer tumor

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Immunotherapy to cure cancer. Illustration: shutterstock

Israeli researchers have uncovered a central mechanism that causes metastatic melanoma to be resistant to immunotherapy

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The cover image of the journal Science Signaling: a skin section of a melanoma sample stained with fluorescent dyes used as markers: melanoma cells (red), fat cell membrane (green) and skin cell nuclei (blue). Photography and coloring: Roma Parikh

Fat cells in the skin are the factor that makes melanoma skin cancer violent and metastatic

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Skin cancer (melanoma). From Wikipedia

A new study from Tel Aviv University explains how skin cancer spreads - and how to stop it

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General structure of the skin layer together with melanocyte cells and a melanoma type cancer tumor. Photo: shutterstock.

Do not believe anti-scientific videos - solar radiation is carcinogenic

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Pictured: Dr. Beatrice Carno and Michelle Baker-Harpack at the University of Washington infuse a personalized melanoma vaccine into an infusion bag. Photo: Tom Kitchen, University of Washington

Successful clinical trial for a personalized vaccine against melanoma (skin cancer)

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General structure of the skin layer together with melanocyte cells and a melanoma type cancer tumor. Photo: shutterstock.

Does skin cancer have a smell?

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The diagnostic method developed by the start-up company Serend-ip, from the German nanotechnology center CeNTech

From the innovations of Biomed Israel Week 2013: atomic force microscope and adhesive tape help to fight skin infections, for the preliminary diagnosis of melanoma and to improve cosmetic preparations

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Skin cancer (melanoma). From Wikipedia

A breakthrough in the activation of the immune system against metastatic melanoma

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Prof. Yitzhak Weitz, Tel Aviv University

A research collaboration was signed between the Cancer Biology Research Center at Tel Aviv University and the Cancer Center at the Medical University of Vienna

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Salmonella typhimurium bacteria (in red) invade human cell culture. From Wikipedia

Salmonella bacteria against cancer

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From the right: Omer Ziv, and Prof. Zvi Livna.

Sometimes the "life aspiration" of a single cell endangers the life of the whole body

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A breakthrough in biological application in the field of fighting skin cancer

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Israel was chosen to host - for the first time - the WCCS - the International Congress on Skin Cancer

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A vaccine against melanoma, the fruit of Israeli research

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The Ministry of Health and the Cancer Society warn the public against using tanning beds

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A collection of studies on skin cancer, on the occasion of this cancer week

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Trends in the incidence of malignant melanoma of the skin in Israel

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Concentration of Israeli studies in the field of melanoma

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Do the protection creams prevent or not prevent skin cancer?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Doctors in the US managed to cure two malignant melanoma patients with the help of gene therapy

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