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Pre-leukemic stem cells (top) with both mutated and healthy copies of the RUNX1 gene already display some of the characteristics of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). When the non-mutated copy of the gene is inactivated, disruptions in the spindle-assembly-checkpoint phase of cell division trigger cell death
Leukemia Cells are Addicted to a Healthy Gene
29.09.2013
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Weizmann Institute researchers discover that a “standoff” between a mutated gene and its normal counterpart keeps certain cancer cells alive...

(l-r) Amir Bar, Dr. Amos Tanay, Netta Mendelson-Cohen, Prof. Varda Rotter, Dr. Zohar Mukamel, Naomi Goldfinger, Gilad Landan and Dr. Alina Molchadsky
How Good Cells Turn Bad
10.02.2013
Genetics

Surprising changes in certain genomic markers may help explain how cells can turn cancerous as they age and divide

Dr. Amos Tanay
Dr. Amos Tanay
30.01.2012

Dr. Amos Tanay was awarded the Krill Prize for Excellence in Scientific Research (2012)

 
(l-r) Gilad Landan, Dr. Amos Tanay and Rami Jaschek. New targets for treatment
Found in the Desert
02.05.2010
Cancer, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Cancer-enhancing DNA may reside in a surprising part of the genome
 
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