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From left: Tel Aviv University researchers Dr. Yaron Carmi, Diana Rasuluniriana, Dr. Peleg Ride. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
October 14, 2019, 6:31 pm
Leukemia immunotherapy treatment could fight other cancers, Tel Aviv team finds
Israeli researchers discover specific type of white blood cells that can be engineered to attack solid tumors, with fewer side effects than chemotherapy
By Luke Tress
Roni Cohen. (screen capture: Hadashot news)
November 19, 2018, 9:38 am
After thousands swabbed to find donor, woman receives bone marrow from brother
No perfect match found despite 16,200 people being tested in bid to save Roni Cohen, who is said to be recovering well after treatment
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
Illustrative image of the destruction of a leukemia cell (Dr_Microbe, iStock by Getty Images)
August 27, 2018, 1:15 pm
New drug brings hope in acute leukemia battle, Hebrew U researchers say
Tests show 50% cure rate in lab mice; single molecule targets many leukemia proteins, and activates a tumor suppressor gene; clinical trials hoped to start in US in 2019
By Shoshanna Solomon
Roni Cohen. (screen capture: Hadashot news)
August 20, 2018, 4:34 am
Thousands get swabbed in race to save bride-to-be with leukemia
At 30 stations nationwide, people with Yemenite and Moroccan ethnicity get tested as potential donors for Roni Cohen, 27, slated to be married next month
By TOI staff
Roni Cohen, left, was diagnosed with leukemia and is seeking a bone marrow donor, with fiancé Bar Armon, 29, from Hod Hasharon, seen in a Hadashot television news broadcast on August 12, 2018. (Hadashot screen capture)
August 13, 2018, 8:55 am
Wedding plans on hold, Israeli couple scrambles to find a bone marrow donor
Roni Cohen, 27, was supposed to marry her fiancé Bar in a month, but a leukemia diagnosis changed everything. ‘Our only chance is to ask everyone to go and get checked’
By TOI staff
Hockey player Sam Fields was diagnosed with cancer at age 27, just weeks before he was scheduled to go to NHL training camp. (Courtesy ICRF/via JTA)
March 11, 2017, 4:57 pm
Miracle drug with Israeli roots saves Jewish hockey player hit with cancer
In 2003, when Sam Fields was given two weeks to live, Gleevec wasn’t known to help his condition. 14 years later, back from death’s door, the athlete says without it, he simply ‘wouldn’t be here’
By Abigail Pickus
Peter Schottenfels meets Eti Brazilai, whose life he saved through a bone marrow donation arranged by Gift of Life, November 2016 (Courtesy)
November 7, 2016, 4:39 pm
Israeli cancer patient meets her lifesaving US bone marrow donor
‘I never imagined I’d get to save a life,’ says Birthright alum as he returns to Israel to visit leukemia sufferer he helped
By TOI staff
TV Personality Kim Kardashian West attends the 20th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street, New York City, May 16, 2016. (Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images/AFP)
September 27, 2016, 9:28 pm
Kim Kardashian urges donor match for Jewish cancer patient
Celebrity posts Facebook message backing bone marrow drive for Adam Krief, Los Angeles father of three
By Stuart Winer
Doctors perform surgery on a patient at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
May 19, 2016, 5:15 pm
Leukemia cure could be on the way, says med-tech firm Biosight
Israeli pharma company gets $13m in investment money to further develop its ‘trojan horse’ cancer treatment
By TOI staff
Zvi Shor, founder of The National Children’s Leukemia Foundation (YouTube screenshot)
December 17, 2015, 10:52 pm
NY attorney general shuts fraudulent cancer charity
National Children’s Leukemia Foundation raised $9.7 million, but only $57,451 paid out to assist patients
By JTA
Illustrative: Doctors perform surgery at a hospital in Israel (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
October 26, 2015, 6:28 pm
Israeli start-up uses Trojan horse technology to kill cancer cells
BioSight has figured out a way to fool cancer cells into allowing themselves to be killed off – without harming normal cells
By David Shamah
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