Biochemistry

Introduction

Introduction

01.09.2004

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

A new era is dawning in the battle against cancer. In the more than 30 years that have elapsed since U.S. President Richard Nixon “declared war” on...

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 2: TUMOR GROWTH

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 2: TUMOR GROWTH

01.09.2004

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

Even after a malignant transformation has occurred, the budding tumor is a microscopic lump that doesn’t do much harm until it begins to expand...

Top (l-r): Prof. Gideon Schreiber, Dana Reichmann, Noga Kozer, Ofer Rahat, Dr. Kay Gottschalk, Diego Jaitin. Middle: Renne Abramovich and Dr. Tal Peleg-Shulman. Bottom: Yossie Shaul and Yossie Kutner

Cell Talk

31.08.2004

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Mathematics

The pioneering research by Schreiber and others will advance the development of algorithms targeting a better understanding of protein communication...

(l-r): Dr. Ilan Levy, Dr. Deborah Fass, Einav Gross, Maya Bar, Tamir Klein, Roy Sirkis, Nimrod Heldman

The Art of Folding

31.08.2004

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

Numerous breakthroughs in the fields of genetics and biochemistry have led to the recognition that protein folding in the cell is a highly controlled...

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?

Dr. Roy Bar-Ziv. Gene circuits

Ancient Cast - New Production

01.05.2004

Biochemistry, Genetics, Materials Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The first prototype of an artificial circuit that hooks up genes outside the cell is produced in a Weizmann lab

Prof. Eitan Reuveny. Cell talk

The Body Electric

01.05.2004

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

How do cells open and close their communication channels? What makes life electric?

Prof. David Mirelman. On target

Garlic “Smart Bomb”

01.05.2004

Biochemistry, Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The challenge: to selectively kill cancer cells while leaving healthy ones intact

Nerves, Heal Thyselves

Nerves, Heal Thyselves

01.05.2004

Injured nerves use a unique "track and engine" system to get their message to the nerve cell center

Resilience by Improvisation

Resilience by Improvisation

01.05.2004

Cells can "fake the words" when copying DNA if they encounter mistakes in the sequence

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Shedding Light on the Dark Hours

Credit: Coleen Murphy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Cracking the Code of a Worm's Throat

“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

Burning Cancer’s Bridges

Press Releases

“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions

A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking