Rony Dahan

Combat team: A dendritic cell (right) and a T cell, both from a mouse with skin cancer, combined using the BiCE antibody (yellow)

Standing United: When Immune Cells Join Forces, Cancer Therapy Is More Effective

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Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new kind of immunotherapy, based on crosstalk between different immune cells, could pave the way for innovative treatments of cancer and...

Tissue sample of a particularly aggressive skin cancer reveals immune cells (yellow) that express on their surfaces a “brake pedal” receptor called FcgIIb (purple); cell nuclei are in blue

Immunotherapy Drugs Step on the Gas

05.03.2023

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

Sometimes anticancer antibodies press on the gas and the brakes at the same time. New research might help them accelerate better

(l-r) Dr. Tali Feferman, Dr. Inbal Farkash, and Dr. Rony Dahan

Following the Sugarcoated Tails of Antibodies

01.03.2022

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

By analyzing and comparing the antibodies produced in ill, recovering and vaccinated individuals, Weizmann scientists demonstrate different modes...

Talitha Kotzé (l) and Grace Mayuni (r) have at the Institute since January

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Two guest students from Africa: Grace and Talitha

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A tumor sample from a human patient with the most common type of lung cancer (adenocarcinoma). Senescent cells are highlighted by their expression of the p16 (red) and the PD-L1 (green) proteins. Cell nuclei are in blue

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MRI brain scans of mice with Gaucher disease Type III. The scan of a mouse that received the new treatment (left) shows a significant reduction in tissue inflammation (blue) compared to an untreated mouse (right)

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