Welcome to Israel Cancer Association USA

Israel Cancer Association (ICA) is in the forefront of the fight against cancer. It supports a vast array of important cancer research projects (and services) being conducted by world renowned researchers located at hospitals and universities throughout Israel. In pioneering new frontiers in the disease, ICA is a formidable source of medical innovation addressing every aspect in the fight against cancer.

In 1994, Israel Cancer Association USA (ICA USA) was established as a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization in Palm Beach, Florida. It has since touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of cancer patients and their families in Israel (and worldwide) by providing major funding to distinguished Israeli cancer researchers. They are working for a fraction of the cost of research in other countries to conquer cancer and are making significant breakthroughs.


 

Current News

Ari-Rifkin-and-Gail-WorthWEBFEBRUARY 22ND GALA TO FEATURE PHOTO EXHIBITION

2012 Gala Co-Chairman Ari Rifkin is an exceptional photographer who is once again donating the sale of photographic prints from her recent travels in Israel and Africa to ICA USA. Gala guests will be able to purchase enlarged prints of compelling photographic vistas of Israel by Ari Rifkin and Ferenc Illenyi, and panoramic African landscape and candid wildlife images by Ari Rifkin and Eric Zvenieks, during the welcoming cocktail reception. A Musical Interlude by Violinist Ferenc Illenyi, dinner and dancing to Soul Survivors will follow the exhibition.

The Gala, "Israel – A Place in Our Hearts", will be held Wednesday, February 22 at The Breakers. Read More...


(L-R) Dr. Aaron C Ciechanover with Roberta & Stanley BogenPALM BEACH VISIT BY NOBEL LAUREATE SCIENTIST

RAISES FUNDS FIVE CANCER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Nobel Laureate Scientist Dr. Aaron Ciechanover, an Israel Cancer Association (ICA) funded researcher, recently presented two scientific presentations in Palm Beach while on a fundraising trip to support cancer research fellowships. These fellowships will be awarded to distinguished Israeli scientists in ICA’s fight to find a cure for cancer. Israel Cancer Association USA (ICA USA) Board President Bruce Koppel said “We were so pleased to have had Dr. Ciechanover in Palm Beach to meet our donors and discuss Israel’s groundbreaking research.” ICA cancer research fellowships are $22,000 each, over two-years. ICA USA is a unique non-profit in that every dollar raised goes directly to research by Israel’s brilliant scientists.

 Dr. Ciechanover addressed private gatherings of donors in Palm Beach homes on the topic of ‘Cancer therapy and personalized medicine – there is hope at the end of the tunnel’. The events were hosted by Nancy and Peter Brown and by Jane and Richard Karp.

Dr. Aaron Ciechanover, along with Drs. Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004. Their renowned research ultimately became an important platform for drug development, including a vaccine that protects young women the world over from HPV-induced uterine cervical carcinoma.Read More...


Dr. WolfICA USA funded scientist identifies protein that may slow down pancreatic cancer

Dr. Ido Wolf, an ICA USA funded scientist, and his team have discovered a protein that seems to prevent the growth of pancreatic cancer. The protein, klotho, could possibly be effective against other aggressive cancers, as well.

Researchers at the Cancer Research Center at Sheba medical Center studied the behavior of klotho, a natural hormone emitted by the brain and kidneys that is known to retard the aging process. When the protein was injected, cancerous growths stopped spreading and began to shrink. The researchers first noticed that healthy pancreatic cells contained klotho, whereas cancerous cells did not. Researchers hope that testing pancreatic cells for klotho may provide an earlier indication of the presence of cancer.

Dr. Wolf is head of Sheba Medical Center’s oncology department and one of the labs at the Cancer Research Center. On his research team were Dr. Lilach Abramovitz and Dr. Tami Rubinek. His study was funded by Nancy and Peter Brown.


BatshevaICA USA funded scientist demonstrates why DNA breaks down in cancer cells

In laboratory work carried out at the Hebrew University, Professor Batsheva Kerem of the Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences and her Ph.D. student Assaf C. Bester demonstrated that abnormal activation of cellular proliferation driving many different cancer types leads to insufficient levels of the DNA building blocks (nucleotides) required to support normal DNA replication.

Then, using laboratory cultures in which cancerous cells were introduced, the researchers were able to show that through external supply of those DNA building blocks it is possible to reactivate normal DNA synthesis, thus negating the damage caused by the cancerous cells and the cancerous potential. This is the first time that this has been demonstrated anywhere.

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Upcoming Events
Ari and GailICA USA Gala - February 22, 2012
The Breakers,
Palm Beach
“Israel - A Place
In Our Hearts”


Ari Rifkin and
Gail Worth,
Co-Chairmen
Herme de Wyman Miro,
International Chairman
Lois Pope, Honorary Chairman
David and Rhoda Chase, Grand Honorary Chairmen
Lexye Aversa, Chairman Emeritus

ICA USA Golf Classic - April 16, 2012
Banyan Golf Club, West Palm Beach
Nancy Brown and Lauren Schneider
Co-Chairmen

Testimonials
"The science is stellar. The research value-dollar for dollar-is unrivaled. ICA scientists conduct research at a fraction of the cost of comparable research in the U.S. at 38 hospitals and universities throughout Israel without government funding and with no stem cell restrictions. ICA has produced two Nobel prize winners. It doesn't get any better than that!"

Margaret M. LaManna M.D.
ICA USA Regional Scientific Board

"Lee and I have been loyal supporters of ICA over the past ten years because we greatly admire and appreciate the exceptional cancer-research results being achieved by Israeli scientists. Moreover, we value the unique opportunity to fund a specific project through ICA which could lead to a major breakthrough improving the quality of life for thousands or even millions around the world."

Harvey L. Poppel
ICA USA Executive Vice-President


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