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Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the future of humanity.
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Jul 20, 2018...
The road best traveled: finding supportive microenvironments helps cancer cells survive.
What do we have in common with Lake Michigan?
As Siddhartha M ... Read more
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Oct 23, 2018...
Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval
In order to execute the complex maneuvers of metastasizing and evading the body’s immune response, tumors need help. And they get t ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/looking-for-the-genes-that-drive-cancer/
Dec 01, 2012... Prof. Yardena Samuels of the Weizmann Institute’s Department of Molecular Cell Biology uses the power of DNA sequencing to identify new groups of genetic mutati ... Read more
Jun 20, 2016...
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The Israeli company Nucleix has developed a simple, inexpensive urine test to monitor bladder cancer, which has the highest life ... Read more
Aug 14, 2018... Staining of normal liver tissue (upper row, second image from left) reveals high levels of four different urea cycle enzymes (brown or reddish-brown), whereas l ... Read more
Oct 02, 2019... The lungs of a mouse with untreated Ewing sarcoma (left) contain numerous tumor cells (shown by luminescent colors) that have spread from the bone; the lungs of ... Read more
Aug 30, 2017... Weizmann Institute’s Prof. Zelig Eshhar holds a board that illustrates how the cancer treatment works with mice. Aug. 29, 2017 (Shoshanna Solomon/Times of Israe ... Read more
Jun 02, 2006... Unlike most cancers, colon cancer can be detected early, before symptoms arise, with routine screening tests such as colonoscopy. Despite this, the disease rema ... Read more
May 27, 2013...
Prof. Yosef Yarden in his Weizmann lab.
Breast cancer can be curable if it’s caught soon enough—unless it is the “triple negative” type more likely to targ ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/shining-a-light-on-skin-cancer/
May 12, 2015... May is Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month: the perfect opportunity to learn more about the disease – and what the Weizmann Institute of Science ... Read more
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