Miri Ziv CEO of the Cancer Society: "We appreciate his contribution to the Cancer Society, as well as his global contribution to the fight against cancer"
Prof. Axel Ulrich from Germany, who was honored to receive the Wolf Prize in Medicine for 2010, decided to donate 25 thousand dollars, which is 25% of the prize money, to the Cancer Society to finance the participation of Israeli oncologists in conferences and trainings around the world. The Wolf Prize, which was worth about 100 thousand dollars, has a very high professional reputation in the scientific community, winning the prize predicts a future Nobel Prize win. One out of three Wolf Prize recipients from Israel and the world went on to win the Nobel Prize. Prof. Ulrich from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry Munich in Germany won the Wolf Prize for his research, which constitutes a breakthrough in cancer research, which led to the development of innovative drugs conducted in collaboration with the Israeli Prof. Yossi Jordan, from the Weizmann Institute of Science who serves as the chairman of the Association's Research Committee to fight cancer Prof. Ulrich and Prof. Jordan are both considered to be research pioneers in the field of cancer growth factors and their receptor mechanism.
Miri Ziv, CEO of the Association to War on Cancer stated that: "I recently met Prof. Axel Ulrich from Germany and I was impressed that he is a man of Eshkolot and loves Israel. We appreciate his contribution to the Cancer Society, as well as his global contribution to the fight against cancer."
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There is no doubt that the professor did a noble deed, but unfortunately he contributed to the wrong address.
I recommend reading the article "Fighting, Sometimes" from "Globes"
http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000089911
And from Channel 10 on the conflict of interest in the association:
http://dorontal.net/Cancer.htm
in short :
The association is actually a type of kosher certificate for industry people who, on the one hand, contribute to the association and actually manage it, thereby avoiding being judged for their environmental crimes: the sickness in Haifa Bay, the cancer in Kishon, and more...