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Lung cancer

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20.09.2023

Cancer alters cellular waste-processing machinery, helping it avoid detection by the immune system

Human lung cancer cells harboring the L858R mutation in the EGFR gene. Cell nuclei are in blue. The red color marks a protein that is present in the cell cytoplasm when the EGFR is active and driving the uncontrolled cell divisions
08.08.2023

Weizmann Institute researchers identify a biomarker that may one day enable a subgroup of lung cancer patients to benefit from relapse-free...

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31.08.2022

How tumors mutate their way out of a crisis – and become drug resistant in the process

DNA repair mechanism. Image: Wikimedia Commons
28.04.2014

A combined DNA repair score can reveal an individual’s chances of developing lung cancer

Prof. Avraham Amsterdam
12.09.2010
Prof. Avraham Amsterdam revealed that theophylline, a widely used asthma drug, makes ovarian and lung...
Genetic Risk Factor
23.01.2007

Weizmann Institute scientists discover a genetic risk factor for smoking-linked head and neck cancer

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New Blood Test Uncovers Individual Risk for Lung Cancer
03.09.2003

Smokers carrying a newly found genetic marker are 5-10 times more likely to fall victim to the...