Cancer drugs

Israeli scientists launch worlds-first clinical trial for experimental pancreatic cancer treatment

The Israeli-developed treatment uses RNA molecules to silence mutated KRAS genes and will be tested alongside standard therapy in patients with locally advanced disease.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An illustration showing siRNA targeting a cancerous tumor.
Radiation therapy for a cancer patient

Tel Aviv University study reveals how tumors hijack immune cells to fuel cancer growth and spread

The research focused on macrophages, immune cells responsible for removing damaged and dead cells from the body.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Medicine cabinet

Israeli-founded AI biotech Immunai launches drug-discovery collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim

The collaboration will use Immunai’s single-cell AI platform to identify T-cell targets in cancer and autoimmune diseases.

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Cancer Cell Spread and oncology or Malignant Cancerous Growth and Metastasis anatomy concept as growing tumor cells and Malignancy disease spreading metastasized as a 3D illustration.

New shot for cancer can eradicate whole tumors in patients, trial shows - report

Of the 102 participants, 43 saw a difference in the size of their tumors: some 28 saw their tumors shrink significantly, while 15 of the patients’ tumors dissolved altogether.

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The power of the soul makes miracles happen -opinion

With all due respect to the important treatments the world of cancer medicine has to offer, the patient’s spirit can have an outsized impact.

JANUARY 15, 2023ByREUVEN OR
‘ONE OF the most important lessons I learned was from a person who was not a doctor. He was not even an adult but rather a teenager. His name was Menachem,’ says the writer.

Innovative new drug could be key to combatting childhood brain tumors - study

Mixing these two cancer drugs could be the answer to childhood brain cancer treatment.

JANUARY 14, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Rachashei Lev volunteer with a cancer patient; the ‘Party Ambulance’ rolls up next to a child in his own ambulance; volunteers gather around a patient for a photo

Israeli, Spanish researchers create an 'Iron Dome' for cancer - study

Raise the efficacy of cancer nanotherapies with remote-controlled delivery of chemo drugs at precise release rates.

JANUARY 11, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
A patient receives chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer

L’maanchem holds medical innovation conference in Tel Aviv

The keynote speaker at the conference was Prof. Eugen B. Hug, a world-renowned expert and one of the developers of proton radiation innovative treatment.

DECEMBER 31, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Chairman of L’maanchem, Rabbi Yossi Erblich, speaks to Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar.

This drug could stop Ashkenazi women from developing breast cancer 

Dr. Larisa Ryvo now works with Olaparib to prevent breast cancer from occurring or recurring.

DECEMBER 22, 2022ByHILARY FAVERMAN
Dr. Ryvo checks her patient at Assuta Ashdod Hospital

Can vegetables help treat cancer? - study

Compounds found in some types of nightshade plants long used in traditional medicine could aid in the development of new cancer therapies.

DECEMBER 17, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Harvesting potatoes on the Salad Trail Tour in the Besor region

Israeli firm NeoTX tries to treat cancer by 'tricking' immune system

Three Nobel Prize winners and an immigrant to Israel ‘trick’ the immune system to fight the disease known as cancer on its own.

OCTOBER 31, 2022ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
A graphic showing how the NeoTX method of fighting cancer works.

Israel nanotech breakthrough automatically targets tumors with anti-cancer drugs

An automated process creating robot-chemists and robot-pharmacists makes nanocapsules that send anti-cancer drugs directly to malignancies.

OCTOBER 4, 2022ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Cancer Immunotherapy by NIH Image Gallery.

Meet the company poised to transform the cancer therapy landscape

Enlivex's Shai Novik will present at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference on Sept. 12

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A doctor prepares to administer Allocetra. (Illustrative photo)

Special drug class could be used to reverse damage from radiotherapy - study

By testing senolytic drugs on mice, researchers found that those treated shortly after radiotherapy did not suffer from premature aging.

MAY 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Medical staff performs a stereotactic radiotherapy treatment at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center San Pietro FBF, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rome, Italy May 27, 2020.