Personalized Medicine

Drawing from the Same Deck

Drawing from the Same Deck

14.10.2020

Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The secrets of heart regeneration in chronic heart failure demonstrated in mice

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Targeting a Chronic Pain Gateway Could Bring Relief

14.08.2020

Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new approach to chronic pain treatment targets a molecule that moves pain messages into nerve cell nuclei

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Weizmann Institute of Science and Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Clalit Health Services to Collaborate

30.07.2020

Life Sciences, Personalized Medicine

The two aim to establish the Schneider-Weizmann Center for Research on Child and Adult Health

Tissue sample from triple-negative breast cancer, stained for the presence of cancer cells (red) and the two types of cancer-associated fibroblasts: pCAFs (magenta) and sCAFs (green). The nuclei of all cells are stained blue

Cancer “Helpers” Come in Different Types

23.07.2020

Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine

Supporting actors in cancer growth may help predict the course of the disease

Lung cancer samples: Far left untreated. Lung cancer tissue failed to respond when exposed to a microtubule inhibitor drug (left) or to a drug that enhanced the apoptosis-inducing pathway (middle). But when the two drugs were applied together to the same tissue, the cancer cells died (right)

A New Approach to Tailoring Cancer Therapy: Tapping into Signaling Activities in Cancer Cells

16.07.2020

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Matching drugs to tumors may lead to personalized treatment and new therapies

bacteria in cancer cells

Cells inside Cells: The Bacteria That Live in Cancer Cells

28.05.2020

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The bacterial lodgers in cancer cells may hinder or help treatment

Follow up: Blood Test Shown to Reveal Lung Cancer Risk

Follow up: Blood Test Shown to Reveal Lung Cancer Risk

20.02.2020

Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The test could be a life-saver if routinely administered

immunotherapy illustration

Predicting Immunotherapy Success

18.02.2020

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Overexpression of certain immunoproteasome subunits in melanoma are tied to anti-cancer immune activity

Gestational Diabetes - Illustration

New Algorithm Predicts Gestational Diabetes

13.01.2020

Math & Computer Science, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Technology & Applications, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Timely prediction may help prevent the condition using nutritional and lifestyle changes

Eran Hornstein

Why is this Nerve Cell Different? Finding the Genetic Roots of ALS

02.01.2020

Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Q & A with Prof. Eran Hornstein on discovering why mutations in a gene for a tiny non-coding RNA could herald the onset of neurodegenerative...

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