Cancer – Hadassah UK

8 Mar

Hadassah’s New Gene Targeting Tool Can Improve Cancer Treatment Outcomes for Patients

Hadassah Cancer Research Institute at the Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem, announced last month that researchers have designed a genomic analysis tool for cancer patients that enables advanced selection of drugs targeting schemes for cancer genes, opening the door to improved personalised medicine in cancer treatment. The science behind this breakthrough tool is a […]

18 Jan

Ukranian Doctors Undergo Training At Hadassah in Advanced Cancer Treatment

Ukranian Doctors undergo Training at Hadassah in Advanced Cancer Treatment Hadassah supporters can feel proud that your donations have made it possible for two Ukrainian doctors and a nurse from Kyiv’s 600-bed National Cancer Institute to undergo training in advanced cancer treatment at Hadassah. Their training has been under the guidance of Professor […]

29 Jul

”Do No Harm” – The Doctors Oath

“Do No Harm” – The Doctors Oath, is brought to us by Libbie Goldstein. Libbie, 37, is married to Robbie Goldstein (born in London) and a mother of four. Libbie has been a maternity ward nurse in Hadassah Ein Kerem since 2006, following her Mother who was a midwife at the Hadassah medical centre for […]

31 Jan

ISRAEL’S HEALTH MINISTRY APPROVES PROGRAMME TO DETECT LUNG CANCER EARLIER

Ministry of Health to pilot lung cancer screening programme proven internationally to catch up to 80% of tumours in their earliest stage. The Health Ministry has approved a three-year pilot programme for early detection of lung cancer that could substantially increase the number of patients cured of the otherwise deadly disease, according to Prof. Dorith […]

21 Jan

Welcome to the decade when medicine meets sci-fi fantasy

Edited from an article in The Times, 17 January 2020. Thanks to AI and genome editing, age-defying treatment breakthroughs that were just out of our reach should become reality, says Tom Whipple. In the next ten years medicine will get cleverer, more targeted and personalised. But what is personalised medicine? Experimental genetic therapies find their way […]

9 Jan

HADASSAH IS FIRST IN MIDDLE EAST TO USE NEW TUMOUR DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem, a leader in the field of molecular diagnosis of tumours, has announced that its Molecular Pathology and Diagnostic Tumours department is now the first location in the Middle East and third outside of the United States to conduct a unique tumour diagnostic test within its own laboratories that help inform […]

30 Oct

Wohl Institute for Translational Medicine Inaugurated at Hadassah

The Wohl Institute for Translational Medicine, a new centre geared toward applied research for personalised medicine, was inaugurated on October 24th at the Hadassah Medical Organisation (HMO). The new multidisciplinary institute is a result of a partnership among the Wohl Legacy in the United Kingdom, Hadassah International United Kingdom, and HMO. The Wohl Institute: Offers […]

5 Aug

Thanks to Hadassah Physicians, Toddler with Blocked Oesophagus now Enjoys Solid Food

Two-and-a-half-year-old Yanki Leib Shetland had never eaten a carrot or a potato chip. He was subsisting on baby formula, chocolate milk, and porridge. It was no wonder he was so small and underdeveloped. When his desperate parents brought Yanki to the Paediatric Gastroenterology department at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem, he managed to surprise even the […]

6 Oct

A Culture of Research

From developing a melanoma vaccine to working on controlling diabetes, Hadassah’s multidisciplinary, collaborative approach is resulting in medical breakthroughs and innovations. Tens of thousands bless Travelan, the over-the-counter natural health product that helps prevent traveler’s diarrhea. The ultrasound device PainShield has wrought a revolution in healing chronic wounds. And PerioChip, inserted between tooth and gum, […]

Tag Cancer

Hadassah’s New Gene Targeting Tool Can Improve Cancer Treatment Outcomes for Patients

Ukranian Doctors Undergo Training At Hadassah in Advanced Cancer Treatment

”Do No Harm” – The Doctors Oath

ISRAEL’S HEALTH MINISTRY APPROVES PROGRAMME TO DETECT LUNG CANCER EARLIER

Welcome to the decade when medicine meets sci-fi fantasy

HADASSAH IS FIRST IN MIDDLE EAST TO USE NEW TUMOUR DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Wohl Institute for Translational Medicine Inaugurated at Hadassah

Thanks to Hadassah Physicians, Toddler with Blocked Oesophagus now Enjoys Solid Food

A Culture of Research

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