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The interstitium, showing collagen bundles, mucosa, and fluid filled space (Wikimedia Commons, Jill Gregory / Mount Sinai - http://www.jillkgregory.com/)
April 2, 2018, 2:45 am
New bodily ‘organ’ discovered; may play role in spread of cancer
Finding of interstitium has potential to drive dramatic advances in medicine, researchers say
By Paul RICARD and Marlowe HOOD
Pathologists examine the tissues and cells taken from the body during biopsy by looking at the fragments of tissue on a slide through a microscope (Motortion; iStock by Getty Images)
March 6, 2018, 2:44 pm
Israeli startup aims at disease diagnosis, helping pathologists process biopsies
Physicians searching body tissue for cancer is like analysts' looking at satellite images for missiles, requiring similar technology, CEO of Nucleai says
By Shoshanna Solomon
Keren Gueta Milshtein, Director of R&D at Micromedic Technologies Ltd. (Courtesy)
February 27, 2018, 4:04 am
Israeli team says new test takes uncertainty out of prostate cancer screening
CellDetect manages to accurately screen for disease, solving problem of current test which sometimes shows cancer where there is none, makers say
By TOI staff
Jill Shames, director of Training and Certification at Kids Kicking Cancer, teaching children breathing techniques (YouTube screenshot)
February 5, 2018, 9:21 am
Yes we kendo! Volunteer martial artists teach kids with cancer to fight the pain
What makes you stronger? Nonprofit Kids Kicking Cancer finds the answer in breathing, punching and kicking - and paying it forward
By Urvashi Verma
Illustrative: A man talking on a cellphone. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
February 5, 2018, 3:22 am
Cancer from cellphones? New studies say no need to hang up
Latest research finds no hard evidence linking phone use to brain tumors; researchers says safe to speak with device next to ear
By Seth Borenstein and LAURAN NEERGAARD
Some Ashkenazi Jewish women who carry a particular BRCA-1 genetic mutation have a 65 percent chance of developing breast cancer. (Media for Medical/UIG via Getty Images)
January 14, 2018, 4:28 pm
US okays 1st drug to fight ‘Jewish’ breast cancer gene
Lynparza approved by FDA for patients with the inherited BRCA mutations who have undergone chemotherapy
By AP and TOI staff
Entrance to the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, file (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
January 8, 2018, 4:47 pm
Cancer-suffering girl’s infection traced to sealed morphine bag
Health Ministry opens inquiry after Rambam Hospital says bacteria that apparently caused infection found in Teva Pharmaceuticals package
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of cancer cells (Pixabay)
From the WebDecember 10, 2017, 2:07 pm
Gilead Sciences acquires CDL for $567m
Globes: Cell Design Labs (CDL) is developing cancer therapies based on CAR T, likely to be the next generation of medications
'The Jewess who refused to die' Family photo of the mother of blogger Stefan Shaul Lindmark (courtesy)
November 7, 2017, 2:28 pm
The Jewess who refused to die
My mother survived Mengele in Auschwitz, and inspired a Swedish surgeon to rethink patient care
By Stefan Shaul Lindmark
Illustrative image of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, on March 14, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
From the WebOctober 30, 2017, 3:00 pm
BioCanCell mulls delisting to snag $25m investment
Globes: The biopharmaceutical firm that develops new cancer therapies, has been offered an investment dependent on its being privately held
Working on breast cancer research at the Ben-Porath laboratory, Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem. (Keren Freeman/Flash90)
October 18, 2017, 3:04 pm
Cancer rates for men down in Israel, but not for women
Results attributed to decrease in colon and prostate cancer rates; breast cancer incidence stable for 25 years
By TOI staff
Tamir Gilat, a former soccer player turned entrepreneur, was given just months to live when he was first diagnosed with two kinds of cancer in early 2011. (Courtesy of Gilat)
September 23, 2017, 8:53 am
Ex-Israeli soccer player fighting 2 cancers still focused on helping others
Defying the odds, Tamir Gilat has been living with pancreatic and kidney cancer for almost 7 years. On top of it all, he just lost his wife to breast cancer
By Michele Chabin
Illustrative photo of cancer cells (Pixabay)
September 21, 2017, 7:16 pm
Starving cells of oxygen can help them kill cancers, Israeli researchers find
Growing 'killer T cells' with less oxygen, like mountain climbers, makes them deadlier in targeting cancer cells, Weizmann Institute scientists show
By TOI staff
Illustrative: Evin Prison in Iran. (CC BY-SA 2.0 Ehsan Iran/Wikipedia)
September 5, 2017, 2:14 pm
Activists: Notorious Iran jail neglected reporter’s cancer
Rights group says pro-reform Alireza Rajaei lost eye, part of face after prison deliberately left disease undetected
By AP
Abby Sher, author of 'All the Ways the World Can End.' (Courtesy/Franck Goldberg)
August 21, 2017, 3:00 am
A young adult novel gives cancer the comic treatment
Abby Sher has written soulful nonfiction and performed with Chicago's Second City. Now two worlds combine in a hilariously touching coming of age story
By Judy Batalion
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