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Technion Researchers Develop AI Model to Predict Chemotherapy Benefit in Breast Cancer

Deciding whether to administer chemotherapy after surgery is one of the most challenging questions in early‑stage breast cancer care. While chemotherapy can reduce the risk of recurrence, most patients do not benefit from it and may experience significant short‑ and long‑term side effects. The central challenge is identifying, at the time of diagnosis, which patients are likely to benefit, and which are not.

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When Evolition Turns Against Us – Humans vs. Virus

How has evolution shaped viral infection? How does humanity cope with viral diseases? Why do vaccines work well against one disease but not another? Why are drugs that work against bacteria ineffective against viruses? And how optimistic can we allow ourselves to be about the future? These questions were addressed recently by Dr. Yotam Bar-On of the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at a Technion event.

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A Model of Generosity

The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine inaugurated a new complex for its Teaching and Medical Education Division, established through the generous contribution of Professor Emeritus John Finberg — one of the faculty’s veterans and a co-developer of the first-ever drug shown to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease.

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