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Cancer Conference Aimed To Spur U.S.Israeli Collaborations
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Israel has historically been a strong center for cancer research; for example, the discovery of ubiquitin and the role of p53 in cancer are products of Israeli research. But concerns that the tense political situation in the region was leading to scientific isolation prompted a team of U.S. researchers to organize the first Joint AmericanIsraeli Conference on Cancer, held in March in Jerusalem.
In the last 5 years, "Israel pretty much dropped off the map in terms of scientific conferences," said Joseph Rosenblatt, M.D., of the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of three co-organizers of