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How Bacteria Hinder Chemotherapy
How Bacteria Hinder Chemotherapy

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/how-bacteria-hinder-chemotherapy/

Sep 14, 2017... Bacteria (green) inside human pancreatic cancer cells (AsPC-1 cells). The cells’ nuclei are stained blue while their cytoplasm is stained orange
To the list of reasons that chemotherapy sometimes does not work, we can now add one more: bacteria. In a study just published in Science, researchers describe their findings showing that certain bacteria can be found inside human pancreatic tumors. The findings further revealed that some of these bacteria contain an enzyme that inactivates a common drug used to treat various cancers, including pancreatic cancer. Working with mouse models of cancer, the scientists demonstrated how treatment with antibiotics on top of chemotherapy may be significantly superior to treatment with chemotherapy alone.

TAGS: Cancer, Cancer treatment, Bacteria

Lighting the Way for a New Cancer Treatment
Lighting the Way for a New Cancer Treatment

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Jul 01, 2006... Research led by Prof. Avigdor Scherz of the Weizmann Institute of Science Department of Plant Sciences and Prof. Yoram Salomon of the Institute’s Department of Biological Regulation, Israel, is coming to fruition in a potential new treatment for prostate cancer. “This therapy requires knowledge of physics, chemistry and biology, as well as scientific methods of the twenty-first century,” Prof. Scherz said during a recent visit to the offices of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (ACWIS) in New York.

TAGS: Cancer, Cancer treatment, Clinical trials

Research on Aging at the Weizmann Institute
Research on Aging at the Weizmann Institute

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Aug 01, 2012... According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 1900, the global average life span was 31 years of age. By 2030, in highly developed places such as the U.S., average life expectancy at birth is expected to be around 85. And while wisdom may come with age, so do many unwanted issues, such as poor physical and mental health. In addition, an aging population takes a toll on society: older people are often harder to treat medically; it can be more challenging to get around, either on foot or by driving; and general quality of life may be reduced.

TAGS: Cancer, Humanity, Cancer treatment, Clinical trials, Alzheimers

Kathy Bates: My Battle with Lymphedema
Kathy Bates: My Battle with Lymphedema

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Jun 24, 2015... Shortly after I had a double mastectomy, I got lymphedema in my arms. I was devastated. I knew going in what it was, and I was terrified.
Put very simply, the lymphatic system provides cells with nutrients and acts as a means of waste removal. We need it to survive. However, the same system will also carry cancer cells to other parts of the body, which is called metastasis. Cancer cells get trapped in lymph nodes and cause secondary tumors, which is why surgeons will err on the side of caution to keep the cancer from coming back. Curing cancer is their focus after all.

TAGS: Cancer, Biology, Cancer treatment, Philanthropy, Blood

Israeli Researchers' Discovery Could Lead to New Type of Cancer Treatment
Israeli Researchers' Discovery Could Lead to New Type of Cancer Treatment

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Jul 12, 2012... Prof. Atan Gross in his laboratory at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot. Nir Keidor
Israeli researchers have identified a new mechanism for inducing the programmed death of cells, a discovery that could be used to develop novel methods for treating cancer.
The discovery began with the identification of a protein, mitochondrial carrier homolog 2, in human mitochondria. Mitochondria are the cells' "power plants," converting nutrients into the chemical energy required for the cell's ongoing operations.

TAGS: Cancer, Cancer treatment

Teaming Up to Defeat Prostate Cancer
Teaming Up to Defeat Prostate Cancer

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May 28, 2015... Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer – and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths – among American men. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.
Three leading researchers in this field – Prof. Avigdor Scherz of the Department of Plant Sciences at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science; Dr. Peter Scardino, Chair of the Department of Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City; and Dr. Peter Schulam, Chair of the Department of Urology at the Yale School of Medicine, New Haven – agree that safer, more effective detection methods and treatments are needed for the more than 240,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer each year. Speaking at an event co-sponsored by the New York Region of the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Association of Yale Alumni in Medicine, the researchers described the current state of prostate cancer diagnosis and therapy and discussed their collaboration on a highly promising new treatment.

TAGS: Cancer, Cancer treatment, Clinical trials

Prof. Yardena Samuels: Breakthroughs in Cancer Diagnosis Research
Prof. Yardena Samuels: Breakthroughs in Cancer Diagnosis Research

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May 25, 2017... Prof. Yardena Samuels: Breakthroughs in Cancer Diagnosis Research

TAGS: Genetics, Cancer, Molecular genetics, Cancer treatment

Science Tips, June 2015
Science Tips, June 2015

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Jun 29, 2015... Normal human colonic crypts. SMOC-2 expression (red) in the colonic stem cells demonstrates that these cells are localized in the bottoms of the crypts. Bars represent 100 micrometers (left) and 50 micrometers (right)
Recent Weizmann Institute studies are revealing a complex picture of cancer progression in which certain genes that drive tumor growth in the earlier stages get suppressed in later stages – taking a step back to move forward. Published in Oncogene, current research from the lab of Prof. Avri Ben-Ze’ev of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology suggests that the tumor cells at the invasive front of later-stage human colorectal cancer may take an even bigger step back: Some of their gene expression patterns are shared with those of healthy intestinal stem cells.

TAGS: Astrophysics, Neuroscience, Cancer, Biology, Cancer treatment, Senses

Breakthrough Cancer Cure has Deep Israeli Roots
Breakthrough Cancer Cure has Deep Israeli Roots

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Feb 17, 2016... Illustrative photo of a doctor with a cancer patient (cancer patient image via Shutterstock)
A breakthrough cancer study in which patients suffering from a form of leukemia saw their diseases go into remission after they were treated with genetically modified T-cells has deep roots in Israel.
One of the first in the world to work on the innovative adaptive immunotherapy technique to treat cancer, which was hailed Tuesday worldwide as a potentially “extraordinary” development, was Weizmann University Professor Zelig Eshhar. Speaking Wednesday on Israel Radio, Eshhar said he was very heartened to hear about the results of the study at the University of Pennsylvania.

TAGS: Cancer, Cancer treatment, Immunotherapy, Leukemia

How to Mix the Perfect Cocktail
How to Mix the Perfect Cocktail

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Dec 07, 2016... Drug cocktails, such as those for treating cancer, are best when the proper ingredients are mixed in the right proportions – just like the alcoholic versions offered at the local bar. And like the cocktails we normally drink, the sum of the parts can be better than the ingredients on their own – or we can be left with unwanted side effects. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), a new model developed in the group of Prof. Uri Alon of the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Department of Molecular Cell Biology can simplify the process of identifying the optimal blends for drug cocktails – even when a large number of ingredients is called for.

TAGS: Biochemistry, Biology, Cancer treatment, Mathematics

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