Oncological Surgery Laboratory

The Oncological Surgery Laboratory, headed by Prof Avraham Nissan, is a research lab specializing in human genetics. The lab conducts basic research with practical objectives, aiming to join the global effort for studying the genetic base leading to cancer and developing methods for early diagnosis, optimal treatment and full recovery from cancer, while considering the best interests and needs of the patient as they derive of the work of the medical staff in the General and Oncological Surgery Ward C.

The lab develops accurate, simple, rapid and efficient methods for detecting cancer at various stages of the disease. This effort includes the development of devices that will enable the precise identification of metastasis and micrometastasis in complex surgical procedures, eventually enable tissue clearing of metastases toward achieving full patient recovery.

We study a wide variety of molecules that can serve to identify cancerous cells and even develop medication against them. Over the past two decades, the study of human genome sequencing clearly demonstrated that thousands of nuclear genomes, known as RNA and which are not protein coded, play key roles in cell development. This discovery is significant regarding these molecules' involvement in the development and preservation of the cancerous process. We study these molecules from very broad aspects and perspectives, using state of the art technological means.

Unique Tests Performed by the Lab
 

• Non-protein coded gene expression levels (CCAT1).

• Non-protein coded micro molecule levels.