Sheba Medical Center, a symbol of Israeli pride, is recognized again as one of the best healthcare institutions in the world, climbing one spot since last year

About two years ago, Demetrio Demitris celebrated his 40th birthday and decided it was time to lose some weight. Before starting on a new diet regimen, he went to his physician to do some blood tests.

CAR T-cell therapy is a revolutionary, individualized immune cell therapy used to treat cancer. To administer this state-of-the-art treatment at Sheba Medical Center, a doctor first extracts blood from the patient and sends it to the on-site Oncology Training Laboratories. Presently, Sheba is the only center in Israel that has a lab for preparing and […]

There are two types of bone marrow transplants, autologous (cells from the patient’s own body) and allogeneic (cells from a donor). Both types work by infusing filtered stem cells into the patient to replace destroyed or diseased bone marrow.

Advanced medical technology has led to the development of CAR T-cell therapy, a breakthrough treatment for ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) and NHL (non-Hodgkin lymphoma).

In 2016, Sheba performed revolutionary CAR-T therapy for the first time. Since then, the hospital has become a world-recognized center for cutting-edge CAR-T cell cancer treatment.

The studies were jointly conducted by scientists from Sheba’s Ella Lemelbaum Institute for Immuno-Oncology and Tel Aviv University’s (TAU) Sackler School of Medicine. Prof. Tami Geiger, Dr. Michal Harel, and Prof. Gal Markel led the team of researchers. Immunotherapy makes use of the body’s own immune system to control and eliminate cancer cells. This type […]

Have you been diagnosed with chronic hepatitis B? If so, you may be feeling confused and uncertain about what this means for you and your lifestyle.

The Endocrine Oncology Clinic at Sheba, part of a new and emerging field, is specially designed for the comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of these complex medical conditions as they interact with the patient’s cancer therapy.