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Latest News & Events
In the News: ICRF Research Reveals How Cancer Cells Resist Chemotherapy
A recent article in The Times of Israel highlights research by Dr. Aeid Igbaria of Ben-Gurion University of the…
ICRF Newsletter (October 2026)
Israel Cancer Research Fund and Shir for Life Partner to Fund Research on the Tumor Microbiome in Neuroblastoma
The three-year Project Grant will support Ravid Straussman, MD, PhD, of the Weizmann Institute of Science, as he investigates how bacteria within neuroblastoma tumors may influence the development of…