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Benefiting Humanity

Technology & Applications

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Benefiting Humanity
Biotechnology
Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
Profs. Ruth Arnon

Profs. Ruth Arnon

08.09.2010
Benefiting Humanity
In the late 1960s, Institute scientists Profs. Ruth Arnon and Michael Sela and Dr. Dvora Teitelbaum synthesized several molecules known as copolymers...
Prof. Michel Revel

Beta interferon drug for Multiple Sclerosis

08.09.2010
Genetics, Benefiting Humanity
Prof. Michel Revel spent more than 30 years studying interferons, which play a key role in the immune system. In the late 1970s, he isolated the...
Hannah Esther Angel Kaman. Sucessful pregnancy

Life-Giving Research

11.08.2010
Cancer, Evolution and Development, Fertility, Benefiting Humanity
Once in a while, a finding can change lives almost immediately
Bone Marrow Transplant

Bone Marrow Transplant

18.07.2010
Benefiting Humanity
Using laboratory animals, Prof. Yair Reisner developed the concept of “megadose” bone marrow transplants. The approach, developed further in...
Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President, Weizmann Institute of Science

Introduction to Alternative Energy

01.07.2008
Environment, Energy, Climate, Technology & Applications, Benefiting Humanity
Climate change, global resource management, energy use, pollution control: There is an enormous need for an array of innovative technologies that go...
Dr. Moshe Frommer

The Straw That Broke the Bacterium’s Back

01.10.2006
Environment, Materials Science, Benefiting Humanity
Dr. Moshe Frommer developed a reusable water filter-in-a-straw for those without acess to clean drinking water
Questions Ban on Human Cloning Research

Questions Ban on Human Cloning Research

01.11.2004
Genetics, Benefiting Humanity
by Prof. Michel Revel
Ethics and Genetics

Ethics and Genetics

01.07.2004
Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Fertility, Genetics, Technology & Applications, Benefiting Humanity
Are Human Rights and Human Traditions Threatened by Scientific Progress?  
Introduction

Introduction

01.05.2004
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Organic Chemistry, Benefiting Humanity
Recent data show that roughly 220 million people worldwide suffer from diabetes. In 2005, an estimated 1.1 million people died from diabetes and the...

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