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Microscope image of the fibers produced by the fibroblasts in the cancerous tumor environment. Above: orderly fibers in samples taken from pancreatic cancer patients with a normal BRCA gene, below: branched fibers in samples from patients carrying a mutation in the gene

Thugs in the Hait neighborhood

Not only breast cancer: mutations in the BRCA gene, which are especially common among Ashkenazim, increase the risk of various types of cancer - also in men. The institute's scientists reveal how they turn healthy cells in their environment into collaborators
Erfurt, Germany, a place where the first Ashkenazim lived. Illustration: depositphotos.com

In-depth genetic research at a Jewish burial site in Germany sheds light on the Ashkenazi communities from the 14th century

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The study, published this week in the prestigious journal CELL, analyzed DNA from 33 members of the Jewish community who were buried in the 14th century in the city of Erfurt in Germany. Prof. Shai Karmi from the Hebrew University, the leader of the study, found that there was a genetic sequence between the Ashkenazi Jews from the Middle Ages to the present day
Michael Gay Fox, one of the most famous Parkinson's patients. From Wikipedia

One out of every 4 Ashkenazim carries a genetic change that reduces the risk of getting Parkinson's

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