Israeli Study Finds Molecule Triggers Self-Destruction Of Pancreatic Cancer Cells
The administration of PJ34 reduced the number of cancer cells in developed tumors in mice by up to 90 percent in 30 days, Israeli scientists say.
December 03, 2019
Social Network For Cancer Patients Raises $14M To Accelerate Growth
The company was founded in New York in 2015 by entrepreneurs Eliran Malki, Irad Deutsch and Ohad Rubin, after each lost relatives to cancer.
July 03, 2019
Israeli Oncologist Offers Hope With New Treatment For Some Pancreatic Cancer Patients
A new drug treatment regimen in a clinical study at the Sheba Medical Center showed that the disease could be stalled significantly for patients with advanced stages of pancreatic cancer with a BRCA germline mutation.
July 02, 2019
Israel’s Sheba Hospital To Use Pods To Grow Cancer-Killing Cells
The Ramat Gan medical center hospital will test and refine the Cocoon system developed by Switzerland’s Lonza Group to fast-track production of CAR-T immunotherapy.
March 19, 2019
4 New Developments In Cancer Research, Detection, And Treatment From Israel
To mark World Cancer Day, NoCamels is highlighting some recent findings in research, clinical trials, detection methods, and new therapies - all from so far this year.
February 04, 2019
‘Cruel And Misleading’: Israeli Scientists’ Cancer Cure Claim, Sans Evidence, Draws Harsh Criticism
Israeli biotech company Accelerated Evolution Biotechnologies says it developed a cure for all cancers; top scientists and researchers issue warnings.
January 31, 2019
Biotech Company That Can Predict Chemotherapy Effectiveness Raises $4M
The Jerusalem-based NewStem, a spinoff of Yissum, The Technology Transfer Company of Hebrew University, raised the seed financing round from a publicly-traded US-based company to be named NovelStem International Corp.
July 16, 2018
7 Recent Israeli Breakthroughs In Cancer Research And Detection
From AI algorithms set to transform diagnoses to new urine and blood tests, these are the cancer-related developments so far this year
April 12, 2018
Israeli AI-Powered Pathology System Startup Nucleai Raises $5M In Seed Round
The Israeli company is currently developing an artificial intelligence-based system that assists pathologists in the diagnosis of diseases like cancer in a faster and more efficient manner.
March 05, 2018
How Elephants’ Genes Are Fighting Cancer In Humans
Elephants are masters at fighting off cancer. Now a team of Israeli scientists are using elephant genes to fight cancer in humans.
October 18, 2015
Israelis, Palestinians Join Forces To Explore Local Flowers To Combat Cancer, Diabetes
Mediterranean flowers can fight diabetes and cancer, but they also helped in forming an unlikely partnership between Israeli and Palestinian researchers.
February 09, 2015
Inspired By Israeli Air Force Simulators, Former Pilots Develop 3D Brain Simulator for Surgeons
Brain surgeons are adopting Israeli flight simulation technology to visualize and prepare for complex micro-surgical procedures in 3D.
December 25, 2014
NaNose: The Breathalyzer Test That Sniffs Out Lung Cancer Before It Spreads
Cancer researchers from universities in Israel, America and Britain have come together to create a breakthrough in lung cancer detection that uses a simple and noninvasive breathalyzer test.
June 19, 2014
Israeli Researchers Create ‘Trojan Horse’ Of Chemotherapy
One of the reasons why chemotherapy treatments are difficult is because cancer cells are equipped with sophisticated defense mechanisms on their membranes that resist contact from anticancer drugs. Scientists at the Technion studied the complexities of this mechanism to develop a novel therapy strategy they calls the "Pharmacological Trojan Horse".
June 16, 2014
‘Treatment-Resistant’ Tumors Might Be Treatable After All, Hebrew University Shows
When an anti-cancer drug is administered in a patient, there is no surefire way to know it'll work – or if the cancer is resistant to it. A new study at the Hebrew University may change that with a way of figuring out if a tumor is resistant beforehand.
May 18, 2014