Every year, 400,000 people test positive for oropharyngeal cancer, and tragically, the survival rate is only 50% because of the lack of reliable early diagnostic tests.
The Technion researcher's findings are opening the door to new approaches in regenerative medicine and treatment for cancerous tumors and other wounds.
'The efficient eradication of malignant cells in human pancreas cancer xenografts presented a new model of pancreas cancer treatment,' the research team says.
Israel's 'fragrant star' flower is a desert bush plant that has long been used to treat a variety of ailments, with cancer treatments the next application for this wonder-plant.
In a major cancer research breakthrough, an Israeli team is launching new cancer screening tests which can achieve far more accurate results in the detection of breast cancer.
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