Cancer
Lighting the Way for a New Cancer Treatment
Profs. Yoram Salomon and Avigdor Scherz have combined plant science, chemistry, biology, and physics to develop a photodynamic therapy for prostate—and, possibly, other—cancers.
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Targeting Tumors: A New Strategy for Prostate Cancer Treatment
Weizmann scientists are fighting prostate cancer by combining chlorophyll and light. This powerful treatment may work for other cancers, too.
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p53 and Personalized Medicine
Prof. Varda Rotter has devoted her career to a gene called p53—now known as the "guardian of the genome" because it protects us from developing cancer—and the possibility of tailor-made chemotherapy.
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Improving the Odds: A New Method for Bone Marrow Transplantation from Mismatched Donors Restores the Immune System Faster
Scientists from the Weizmann Institute and the University of Perugia have improved on a method of transplanting bone marrow-based stem cells from a mismatched donor.
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Environmental and Lifestyle Factors and Cancer
The way we live today is linked to high cancer rates. Weizmann Institute scientists study how infectious agents, including viruses, bacteria, and parasites, as well as radiation exposure, can lead to cancer.
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To Die for the Cause
Prof. Abraham Amsterdam studies the role of cell suicide in both normal and cancerous ovarian cells. His research could lead to new treatments for ovarian cancer.
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The Cancer Killer
Weizmann Institute scientists have made seminal contributions to understanding the role of p53—the most "glamorous" of all tumor suppressor genes—in normal and cancerous cells.