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Gene editing using CRISPR. Illustration: depositphotos.com

EIC grant for nanoparticle-based research for cancer therapy

Prof. Rachela Popobzer from the Faculty of Engineering and the Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials at Bar Ilan University won a grant of 150 euros, for research aimed at making drug treatment more efficient and targeted
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
The authors of the article are holding a double-stranded DNA molecule containing histones with crotonyl (Kcr) molecules on them, in a normal state where gene expression is possible (marked with a green traffic light). From right to left: Firas Mash'or, Prof. Nabia Ayoub, Inas Abu Zahya, Bela Ben - Oz, Alma Bar-Yitzchak and Lila Bashara. Credit: Technion barges

An unknown mechanism that controls the repair of DNA breaks has been discovered

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The researchers showed that this is a result of the defect in the genes encoding the BRCA1 and BRCA2 proteins. These proteins are responsible for repairing double-strand breaks and returning the DNA to its original state, and defects in them lead to the development of various types of cancer, including breast and ovarian cancer
Breast cancer cells that express high levels of NUP93 (left) develop fingers that help them move; In contrast, cells without NUP93 are much more stationary (right)

The fight against breast cancer violence

Dr. Ofir Hakim. Photo: Bar Ilan University Spokesperson

A gene control mechanism has been discovered that will make it possible to improve treatments for breast cancer and other types of cancer

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Dr. Ofir Hakim from the Faculty of Life Sciences at Bar-Ilan University shifts the focus from the mutations to the control mechanisms that control the genes that cause the disease. The secret lies in the way the DNA helix is ​​folded inside our cells. Researchers from the Hebrew University and Al-Quds University are also partners in the study.
Breast cancer awareness. Illustration: illustration: depositphotos.com

Gut bacteria can predict which women will gain weight after chemotherapy treatments

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Researchers from Bar-Ilan University and the Galil Medical Center researchers Prof. Omri Koren and Dr. Ayelet Shay believe that it will be possible to test prevention using appropriate probiotics
(Right to left): Dr. Nur Arshid and Prof. Neta Erez. Photo: Robert Hoffman

A new approach to breast cancer treatment: blocking inflammatory pathways that support the tumor and its metastases

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The original scan (on the left) and the areas from which information was extracted (in red, on the right) using the technology developed at the Technion

The computerized pathologist

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Tumors in the mammary glands of mice under a microscope: tumors in which the LATS1 gene is missing develop characteristics of basal breast cancer (left); Tumors lacking the LATS2 gene have luminal characteristics and metabolic changes (right)

Who will keep the guard

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X-ray photograph of breast cancer tumors. Photo: shutterstock

Discovery of gene properties will allow treatment against a particularly violent type of breast cancer

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Illustration of a primary Cornell spot (left) attached to an antibody fragment (center) while binding to the HER2 cancer cell receptor (right). The dot and the antibody attached to it together are less than 8 nanometers in diameter, the size threshold for removal from the body by the kidneys.

An effective weapon to fight cancer - antibodies

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Prof. Shlomi Arnon. Photo: Danny Machlis, Ben-Gurion University

A method for detecting breast cancer based on quantum technologies

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immune system. Illustration: Hutterstock

An innovative treatment to boost the immune system saved a terminally ill breast cancer patient

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Illustration: Thomas B. Shea / Feature Photo Service for IBM / Flickr.

Artificial intelligence has contributed to the increase in finding a match for experimental breast cancer treatments

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Electron micrograph of a cancerous breast cell. Source: Bruce Wetzel and Harry Schaefer, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.

Researchers have discovered that breast cancer cells can be turned back into ones that mimic healthy breast tissue cells

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X-ray of a healthy breast (left) versus a breast with cancer. Source: Wikimedia.

The population of bacteria in the breast affects the risk of developing cancer

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X-ray of a healthy breast (left) versus a breast with cancer. Source: Wikimedia.

A winning medicinal combination

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Prof. Noam Shomron. Photo: Zion Nino for Tel Aviv University

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have developed a method to prevent the movement of malignant cells from breast cancer to other organs

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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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MarginProbe device of the Israeli company Dion. PR photo

100 hospitals have implemented the MarginProbe system that helps during surgery in the complete removal of breast cancer

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Dr. Sharon Alpert, IBM's research laboratory in Haifa. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

The radiologist assistant who never gets tired

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. Unlike the benign cells (right), the metastatic cells (left) manage to penetrate the gel and disappear inside it thanks to their unique properties

Stop the spread of breast cancer

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A wasp magnified under a microscope. Photo: shutterstock

Stinging exercise for cancer

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The compound 27HC may be associated with breast cancer Photo: Cancer Culprit

Has a new cause of breast cancer been found? / Melinda Wenner Moyer

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"Work liberates" sign, Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Photo: shutterstock

Holocaust survivors who suffered from Holocaust-related post-traumatic stress disorder are more likely to develop breast cancer during their lifetime

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