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Illustration of Tel Aviv University's Prof. Yuval Ebenstein's new blood test, which uses a DNA chip to detect a tumor’s biological fingerprint. (Courtesy/Tel Aviv University)
Goal is to diagnose deadliest cancer before symptoms occur
$60 Israeli blood test can detect stage 2-4 lung cancer with 93% accuracy, study shows
By Diana Bletter
Tel Aviv University researchers develop simple chip that skips DNA sequencing; findings can pave the way for earlier cancer diagnostics and real-time treatment monitoring
Prof. Ido Didi Fabian performing surgery on a retinoblastoma patient. (Courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)
August 21, 2023, 2:06 am
Via modern medical ‘Silk Road,’ Israeli doctors are saving the lives of Afghan kids
Ocular oncologists from Sheba Medical Center work with colleagues in Kabul and Lahore to get children with deadly eye cancer out of Afghanistan for critical treatment in Pakistan
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Industry leaders, scientists, engineers, physicians, and investors from over 45 countries at Biomed Israel 2023 conference, Tel Aviv, May 16, 2023. (Alexander Elman)
May 17, 2023, 10:47 pm
At Biomed Israel conference, medical start-ups discuss challenges in reaching success
Companies dealing in life sciences and technology face tougher times ahead due to global economic uncertainty and political crisis at home
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative. A breast cancer cell in a human. (Christoph Burgstedt; iStock by Getty Images)
November 8, 2022, 12:19 am
Israeli scientists: Breast cancer relapse in mice down 88% by adding drug to chemo
Tel Aviv University researchers say anti-inflammatory medicine can prevent cancer cells from ‘hiding’ and growing in tissue inflamed by the original treatment
By Nathan Jeffay
A fluorescent imaging immunofluorescence of cancer cells in 2D with nuclei (specifically the DNA) in blue, cytoplasm (the gelatinous liquid that fills the inside of a cell) in red, and DNA damage foci in green. (Nicola Ferrari via iStock by Getty Images)
May 5, 2022, 10:47 am
‘Bio’ food, precision oncology to take center stage at biomed summit in Tel Aviv
Three-day annual conference, marking 20th year, brings together thousands of participants for newest innovations in medical and heath tech
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative: a octor looking image of leukaemia cells (kukhunthod via iStock Getty Images)
January 27, 2021, 6:23 pm
Israeli scientists unveil ‘powerful tool’ advancing personalized cancer medicine
Tel Aviv University team is building an index on the level of chromosomal imbalance in various cancerous cells to guide drug decisions for patients
By Nathan Jeffay
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
Doctor showing medical records to cancer patient in hospital ward (Ridofranz; iStock by Getty Images)
September 23, 2020, 12:55 pm
Cancer patients may have heightened COVID-fighting ability — Israeli scientists
Oncology patients’ weakened immune system can prevent body ‘overreacting’ to virus, say Haifa researchers; theory still to be tested, but already published in peer-reviewed journal
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image of breast cancer cells. (Ewa Krawczyk/National Cancer Institute via AP)
March 9, 2020, 11:05 am
Ayala Pharmaceuticals files for $50 million Nasdaq IPO
Rehovot-based oncology company develops drugs to treat rare and aggressive cancers, files prospectus for New York offering
By Luke Tress
Prof. Zeev Rotstein, CEO of Hadassah Hospital, speaks during a press conference to introduce the new medical team at the hospital's hemato-oncology department, June 13, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90/File)
July 5, 2019, 4:51 pm
Hadassah Ein Kerem chief grilled on suspicion of inflating salaries — report
Zeev Rotstein and other top hospital officials reportedly being investigated by Finance Ministry over 2017 children’s cancer ward crisis
By ToI Staff
Dr. Elisha Waldman (Michael Lionstar)
February 3, 2018, 8:31 am
Pediatric oncologist takes readers inside Hadassah hospital with new memoir
American-born Elisha Waldman reflects on the unique challenges of treating sick kids in religiously and politically complex Jerusalem
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The entrance to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, January 30, 2011. (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
Parents and young cancer patients from Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, march in protest against Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and hospital CEO Zeev Rotstein in Jerusalem, June 7, 2017. ( Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 25, 2017, 8:44 am
Parents say children have died because of Hadassah cancer ward crisis
Hospital says claims made in letter to State Comptroller calling for official probe into handling of cancer department are ‘exaggerated’
By Sue Surkes
Former Supreme Court justice Elyakim Rubinstein in 2012. (Uri Lenz/Flash90)
July 3, 2017, 10:32 pm
Mediator in Hadassah cancer ward crisis admits defeat
Retired justice Elyakim Rubinstein tells High Court talks at an impasse; court may impose solution
By Sue Surkes
Parents and young cancer patients from Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, march in protest against Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and hospital CEO Zeev Rotstein in Jerusalem, June 7, 2017. ( Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 3, 2017, 6:04 pm
Parents say health minister rebuffed proposals to end cancer ward crisis
As High Court-ordered mediation talks go into overtime, Hadassah parents say health minister’s ego ‘will kill our children’
By Sue Surkes
Families of patients from the pediatric hemato-oncology unit at Jerusalem‘s Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, demonstrate in support of the unit‘s director Prof. Michael Weintraub, near the capital‘s Ministry of Health on February 9, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
May 4, 2017, 8:08 pm
More doctors quit Hadassah children’s cancer unit amid management crisis
Parents protest outside medical center in support of oncologists set to leave ward, call on Health Ministry to intervene
By ToI Staff
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