Interreg Germany-Denmark’s Changing Cancer Care initiative launches study to assess PixCell Medical’s HemoScreen hematology analyzer for home-based blood testing.

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.

Researchers at the Center for Fertility Preservation of the Sheba Medical Center in Israel have recently discovered the reason behind high rates of infertility in female cancer patients and have already begun testing a possible treatment.

Floating on the Yarkon stream, which flows through Israel, is the yellow water lily. Hidden within the petals of this flower is a protein that can improve chemotherapy treatment for cancer, according to Israeli researchers at Ben Gurion University.

Researchers from various fields at the Weizmann Institute in Israel have joined forces to create a model that can explain "medical mysteries" related to side-effects of chemotherapy. This understanding of the causes of infections can lead to a more individual approach to cancer treatment.

Israeli scientists tried to find an explanation to the recurrence of cancer after chemotherapy and found that the source of returning leukemia is a set of unique cells that do not proliferate as quickly as regular cancer cells and are able to survive chemotherapy. The findings may have important implications for the future of cancer treatment.