Cancer detection
Pamela Laufer-Ukeles returns to tennis after 20 years and a battle with breast cancer
The lessons she received from playing tennis and from surviving breast cancer now intersect on the courts of Ra’anana, where the 50-year-old law professor and competitive tennis player trains.
IDF combat engineer who broke marathon records while battling cancer dies at 29
Israeli-founded AI biotech Immunai launches drug-discovery collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim
The causes of rising colon cancer, the disease that caused James Van Der Beek's death - explainer
Chronic stress can cause cancer spread - study
Cancer patients, especially, have many sources of severe stress, including worrying about their prognosis and enduring weeks of therapy.
The importance of regular checkups in preventing cancer
In honor of World Cancer Day, this article stresses that preventive medicine, including early diagnosis, is one of the main tools in the fight against the disease.
Fantastic Voyage of nanorobots in mouse bladders defeat cancerous tumors by 90%
A promising alternative involves the use of nanoparticles capable of delivering therapeutic agents directly to the tumor.
Israeli scientists unlock new information key to fighting brain cancer
DNA methylation sheds light on varieties of the most common and most fatal primary brain cancer.
For one Jewish family, education about family cancer history pays dividends
Knowledge of her family history also made all the difference for her daughter.
Avoiding detection: How cancers evolve to escape immune system responses
In a study by the Weizmann Institute of Science, researchers pulled out a previously unknown mechanism that allows cancer cells to slip by immune system defenses.
Two Bar-Ilan University researchers receive NIS 14m. in grants
Chirality is fundamental across many different hierarchies of nature and is studied in different fields of biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering.
This lesser-known sign of cancer can appear on your sheets every morning
We may all be hot right now, but sometimes waking up in a hot sweat can be a bigger problem than you think.
Mannose sugar kills honeybees, but it could also help fight cancer
The sugar was named after food from heaven that nourished ancient Israelis during their wandering in the desert.
Jewish women should get mammograms at 40, experts say. Here’s why
Even waiting until age 40 can be risky, as recent studies have shown high breast cancer mortality rates for women in that age group.
