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 Prof. Amir PnueliProf. Amir Pnueli developed sophisticated methods for verifying the correctness and reliability of computer hardware and software. He used a mathematical language called temporal logic, which makes it possible to formulate... Read more » |
 Copaxone® - MS medicationIn the late 1960s, Institute scientists Profs. Ruth Arnon and Michael Sela and Dr. Dvora Teitelbaum synthesized several molecules known as copolymers. They were hoping to create an animal model for studying multiple... Read more » |
 Prof. Michel RevelInterleukin-6, which, among its other effects, stimulates the production of red blood cells and helps control metastases, was first isolated and cloned by Prof. Michel Revel. Application Interleukin-6 was... Read more » |
 Prof. Yosef ShaulProf. Yosef Shaul studies the processes by which viruses interact with cells. In particular, he has been able to define the molecular mechanisms employed by the hepatitis B virus. Application Bio-Hep-B... Read more » |
 Prof. Yoram GronerProf. Yoram Groner has led pioneering studies of chromosome 21. An extra copy of this chromosome causes Down syndrome. One of the genes on this chromosome carries the code for the enzyme superoxide dismutase, or SOD.... Read more » |
 Prof. Leo SachsIn the 1960s, Prof. Leo Sachs developed the first ever procedure to grow, clone and induce the development of different types of normal blood cells in a laboratory dish. Using this process he discovered and identified a... Read more » |
 Prof. Leo SachsProf. Leo Sachs was the first to show that cancer cells – in tissue cultures and in living organisms – can be made to revert to normal behavior. Application Sachs' studies on reversing... Read more » |
 Prof. Emeritus Ephraim FreiProf. Emeritus Ephraim Frei, a founder of electronics research at the Weizmann Institute in the 1950s, spent several decades studying the effects of magnetic fields on living tissues. Application An... Read more » |
 Prof. Meir WilchekSince the 1960s, Prof. Meir Wilchek has studied "biorecognition”: the process in which biological substances "recognize" one another and form a bond. In particular, Wilcheck and his colleagues have... Read more » |
 Prof. Zelig EshharSince completing his Ph.D. in immunology at the Weizmann Institute, Prof. Zelig Eshhar has focused his research on molecular recognition in the immune system – the mechanisms by which immune cells and molecules... Read more » |
