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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

skin cancer

Illustrative photo of a cancer patient receiving chemotherapy treatment. (via Shutterstock)
April 28, 2024, 11:24 am
BGU researchers use novel chemo delivery to kill colorectal cancer liver metastases
Attaching chemo drugs to specially modified nano polymers that target tumors and avoid side effects also appears to prevent melanoma from spreading to lungs in mice
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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 young couple in love, in the sun. (Aleksandar Karanov via iStock by Getty Images)
August 25, 2021, 7:19 pm
Hot and heavy: Protein turns sun into sex drive, Israeli study finds
Cancer researchers in Tel Aviv accidentally discover same protein that protects from sun damage also gets animals, and seemingly humans, in the mood for love
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image of pineapple slices with leaves (Tim UR; iStock by Getty Images)
February 22, 2021, 5:09 pm
Digging deeper into pineapple, MediWound seeks to treat non-melanoma skin cancer
In pivot, biotech firm that makes burn and wound treatments will start clinical trial for new drug candidate in Q2 in three US medical centers
By Shoshanna Solomon
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
Former president Jimmy Carter discusses his cancer diagnosis during a press conference at the Carter Center on August 20, 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images/AFP)
August 20, 2015, 8:57 pm
Carter says cancer has spread to his brain
Former president, 90, tells reporters he has had a wonderful life and will be prepared for whatever happens
By daniel woolls
August 4, 2015, 5:51 pm
Melanoma cure may be within reach, Tel Aviv U study shows
‘Now we know the triggers’ that tell skin cancer cells to become aggressive tumors inside body, ‘we know what to block,’ says researcher
By David Shamah
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