Tumors – Jewish Review

Extracellular bubbles in the heart muscle may cause higher cancer risk

March 19, 2024March 19, 2024Arsen Mayer

Contrary to previous theories among scientists and doctors that heart patients are at increased risk of cancer just because of obesity, smoking, and complications of type-2 diabetes, a new Israeli study reveals that following a myocardial infarction, extracellular bubbles are secreted from the heart that increases the risk of malignant tumors. Researchers at Tel Aviv […]

Technion scientists predict efficacy of new cancer therapies

February 2, 2024February 2, 2024Arsen Mayer

A study done at Haifa’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology shows that cell typing based on the expression of metabolic genes makes it possible to predict the patient’s response to immunotherapy. The researchers created a tool to predict which patients will respond to this therapy based on this therapy that shows the importance of metabolism in […]