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Isaac Berenblum

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Isaac Berenblum · Science & Medicine

What

Cancer researcher who defined the two-stage (initiation-promotion) model of carcinogenesis

When

1903, Białystok, Russian Empire (now Poland) — 2000, Rehovot, Israel

Where

United Kingdom · United States · Israel

Biography

Isaac Berenblum is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Cancer researcher who defined the two-stage (initiation-promotion) model of carcinogenesis

How & why

Berenblum was a cancer researcher who established the two-stage model of carcinogenesis, distinguishing tumour 'initiation' from 'promotion' — a framework central to modern understanding of how cancers develop. He led cancer research at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science

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Cancer researcher who defined the two-stage (initiation-promotion) model of carcinogenesis

1903

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science