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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

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Israelis crowd the beach in Tel Aviv on a hot day during the Passover holiday, April 9, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90/File)
June 11, 2023, 10:20 pm
In sizzling Israel, Skin Cancer Awareness Week shines light on safety in the sun
With melanoma cases on the rise, Israelis are urged to schedule free dermatology checks, take precautions, and protect children and youth under 18
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A human brain with a cancerous growth. (Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen; iStock by Getty Images)
September 20, 2022, 11:38 pm
Israeli discovery may help fight risk of skin cancer triggering brain tumors
No human testing yet, but scientists say they’ve identified, and figured out how to fight, proteins that prompt brain cells to go rogue and lead to secondary growths
By Nathan Jeffay
A melanoma cell, like the ones that have been treated using technology developed at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Dr_Microbe via iStock by Getty Images)
November 23, 2021, 3:42 pm
Immunotherapy drug now works with a millionth of a dose — thanks to Israeli tech
Medicine fell foul of regulators despite helping patients, as it required large dose. Now, Technion’s pinpoint delivery system cuts quantity needed, allowing revival of drug
By Nathan Jeffay
The Daily Briefing
April 28, 2021, 2:45 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 28 – What the what is happening in Israeli politics & COVID?
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By ToI Staff
A dermatologist examining a patient for possible skin cancer (AndreyPopov via iStock by Getty Images)
April 19, 2021, 2:16 pm
Israeli tech said to give precise, knife-free skin cancer diagnosis in seconds
Dropping biopsy, pioneering method uses optics to assess lesions; finds all 15 cancer patients in 90-strong sample
By Nathan Jeffay
A 3D illustrative image of rod-shaped bacteria and cocci in the human microbiome (Dr_Microbe; iStock by Getty Images)
April 6, 2021, 11:05 am
MyBiotics, Hadassah to study impact of microbiome on cancer therapies
Joint research aims to find microbiome-based drugs that will enhance patient response and reduce adverse effects of immunotherapies in melanoma patients
By Shoshanna Solomon
In this June 19, 2014, photo, technical assistant Eliska Didyk, wearing protective gloves, displays a bottle containing human fecal matter solution, frozen to minus 80 degrees Celsius, in an OpenBiome laboratory, in Medford, Massachusetts. (AP/Steven Senne)
December 17, 2020, 5:53 pm
Fecal transplants may help flush tumors from body, Israeli doctors find
Three melanoma patients with weeks to live responded to treatment after taking capsules of poop that transformed gut microbiome, Sheba-based team reports in peer-reviewed research
By Nathan Jeffay
A doctor shows medical records to cancer patient in hospital ward (iStock)
December 16, 2020, 7:02 pm
Israeli researchers spot new peptides that could point way to slaying cancer
Immunotherapy needs peptides to work, but if a patient has too few, anti-cancer drugs will fall short; discovery of new type by Weizmann Institute-led team could solve problem
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image of a doctor using a dermatoscope for a skin examination for melanoma (AndreyPopov, iStock by Getty Images)
September 9, 2019, 2:08 pm
Study finds a key to why only some melanoma patients respond to immunotherapy
Cancer cells with lower fatty acid metabolism manage to ‘hide’ from immune system and immunotherapies, researchers say
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of a dematologist checking a mole on a patient for signs of melanoma (AlexRaths; iStock by Getty Images)
August 19, 2019, 12:55 pm
Researchers say they may have found way to block melanoma spread to brain
Melanoma cells activate and make use of inflammatory pathway to brain, Tel Aviv University team says; in mice study, the scientists managed to ‘significantly’ inhibit migration
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of a doctor using a dermatoscope for a skin examination for melanoma (AndreyPopov, iStock by Getty Images)
August 5, 2019, 6:02 pm
Nano-vaccine against melanoma developed by Tel Aviv University researchers
New approach to deadly skin cancer has been effective in preventing and treating primary tumors in mice, study says
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of a dematologist checking a mole on a patient for signs of melanoma (AlexRaths; iStock by Getty Images)
July 23, 2019, 9:00 pm
Israeli researchers say fat cells under skin help melanoma turn lethal
Discovery could pave the way for development of new drugs to halt spread of cancer, as well as serving as indicator of disease, Tel Aviv University team says
By Shoshanna Solomon
ILLUSTRATIVE -- In this photo taken Aug. 27, 2015, John Jay Hooker shows a melanoma spot that has shrunk since starting treatment at Tennessee Oncology in Nashville, Tennessee (AP Photo/David Goldman)
February 22, 2019, 10:21 am
AI may be able to predict spread of melanoma, Israeli scientist says
Assaf Zaritsky says video sequence can by analyzed to identify the appearance, behavior of cells; fears use as a functional model for melanoma may be clinically irrelevant
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of a dermatologist checking a mole (Wavebreakmedia; iStock by Getty Images)
January 2, 2019, 4:58 pm
After mother gets ill, son develops early skin cancer-detecting device
Technology created by Ofir Aharon, co-founder of Scade Medical, takes a picture of lesions using three kinds of light to detect abnormalities below the surface
By Shoshanna Solomon
Despite all the public awareness about the dangers of sun exposure, the number of people being diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has skyrocketed over the past three decades. Jews are at higher risk than most. (DESEO/Getty Images via JTA)
August 6, 2017, 1:33 am
Israeli scientists offer rays of hope in fight against skin cancer
With high rates of melanoma among Jews, researchers single out cells that can help counter cancerous sun exposure
By Michele Chabin
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