Cancer drugs

The causes of rising colon cancer, the disease that caused James Van Der Beek's death - explainer

Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek's death at 48 underscores the growing trend of colon cancer among those under 50, now the leading cause of cancer death in this age group.

James Van Der Beek attends a premiere in Hollywood, May 14, 2025; illustrative.
An image from a Women, Life, Freedom protest in Washington, DC in 2023.

Iran executes at least 13 prisoners on Saturday morning as regime increases use of death penalty

An illustrative image of a mouth swab for DNA testing

Oral cancer cases rise in Israel as HPV, smoking, alcohol consumption take effect

Surgeons place a tissue sample in a test tube on June 7, 2019

Israel reviews cancer diagnoses after malfunction in Roche test kits for tumors


Can vegetables help treat cancer? - study

Compounds found in some types of nightshade plants long used in traditional medicine could aid in the development of new cancer therapies.

Harvesting potatoes on the Salad Trail Tour in the Besor region

Israeli firm NeoTX tries to treat cancer by 'tricking' immune system

Three Nobel Prize winners and an immigrant to Israel ‘trick’ the immune system to fight the disease known as cancer on its own.

 A graphic showing how the NeoTX method of fighting cancer works.

Israel nanotech breakthrough automatically targets tumors with anti-cancer drugs

An automated process creating robot-chemists and robot-pharmacists makes nanocapsules that send anti-cancer drugs directly to malignancies.

 Cancer Immunotherapy by  NIH Image Gallery.

Meet the company poised to transform the cancer therapy landscape

Enlivex's Shai Novik will present at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference on Sept. 12

 A doctor prepares to administer Allocetra. (Illustrative photo)

Special drug class could be used to reverse damage from radiotherapy - study

By testing senolytic drugs on mice, researchers found that those treated shortly after radiotherapy did not suffer from premature aging.

 Medical staff performs a stereotactic radiotherapy treatment at the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center San Pietro FBF, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Rome, Italy May 27, 2020.

The future of personalized medicine is already in Israel

Progenetics, founded by Manaster in 2015, bridges the gap between standard medicine and the cutting-edge oncological diagnostic services available today.

The secret to healing what ails you lies within your own DNA

Israeli company wins license to develop plant-based cancer treatment

The company recently reported that one of its products assisted in killing breast cancer cells by up to six times the amount of current treatments.

 Dividing cancer cell

Israeli research institute makes great contributions to cancer research

Technologies including artificial intelligence-based diagnostic software may be changing how the disease is detected and treated in the future.

Technion–Israel Institute of Technology

Weizmann study identifies genes connected to myeloma drug resistance

The Weizmann team found that they could silence one of the genes responsible for drug resistance to help make drugs more effective.

Resistant multiple myeloma cells (violet-blue) in two samples, seen under a microscope

Canadian fund for Israel cancer research announced $1 million donation

"This extraordinary gift will make a real difference in the fight against female reproductive cancers," assured Bryna Goldberg, ICRF's international chairwoman.

Cancer illustrative