{"id":1197,"date":"2025-05-11T19:42:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T22:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osigmacellandgenetic.com\/us\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2025-05-16T08:39:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T11:39:44","slug":"israeli-researchers-say-they-have-found-a-way-to-curb-growth-of-cancer-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osigmacellandgenetic.com\/us\/israeli-researchers-say-they-have-found-a-way-to-curb-growth-of-cancer-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli researchers say they have found a way to curb growth of cancer cells"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1197\" class=\"elementor elementor-1197\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c65331 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5c65331\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef70827 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ef70827\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbab771 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cbab771\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Israeli researchers say they have found a way to curb growth of cancer cells<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e5ca50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1e5ca50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/osigmacellandgenetic.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-21.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1190\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osigmacellandgenetic.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-21.png 640w, https:\/\/osigmacellandgenetic.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-21-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d93882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d93882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scientists at Ben-Gurion University develop a molecule that inhibits the development of a protein active in many tumors.<\/p><p>A group of researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has developed a new molecule that they claim inhibits the growth of cancer cells and also reprograms them to become non-cancerous.<\/p><p>The new treatment is based on inhibiting the production of a protein, voltage-gated anion channel 1 (VDAC1), whose very high levels are found in many solid and non-solid tumors.<\/p><p>The research was led by Professor Varda Shoshan-Barmatz of the Department of Life Sciences and the National Institute of Biotechnology of the Negev Ltd. (NIBN), both part of BGU.<\/p><p>The VDAC1 protein regulates mitochondria, which control cellular metabolism. Cancer cells are known to have a very active metabolism.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d5a51 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69d5a51\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36985d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36985d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1a128d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b1a128d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/osigmacellandgenetic.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Prof.-Varda-Shoshan-Barmatz3-300x480-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1203\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osigmacellandgenetic.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Prof.-Varda-Shoshan-Barmatz3-300x480-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osigmacellandgenetic.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Prof.-Varda-Shoshan-Barmatz3-300x480-1-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3660267 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3660267\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e195532 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e195532\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prof. Varda Shoshan-Barmatz of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Courtesy)<\/p><p>\u201cCancer cells have 100 times more VDAC1 than normal cells,\u201d Shoshan-Barmatz said in a telephone interview. \u201cSo we set out to prevent and reduce its formation.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9642563 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9642563\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af9f107 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"af9f107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/israel-researchers-say-they-have-found-way-to-curb-growth-of-cancer-cells\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View source<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-817e020 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"817e020\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/osigmacellandgenetic.com\/us\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Return to Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli researchers say they have found a way to curb growth of cancer cells Scientists at Ben-Gurion University develop a molecule that inhibits the development of a protein active in many tumors. 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