Biochemistry

Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz

Malaria's Achilles' Heel

01.10.2003

Biochemistry, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Materials Science, Structural Biology

Uncovering the mechanism of malaria-fighting drugs

Illustration: plants In Sync with the Sun

In Sync with the Sun

01.10.2003

Biochemistry, Plants and Agriculture

A plant biological clock is set to peak early in the day, before the strongest sunlight hits

Deciphering Gaucher's Disease

Deciphering Gaucher's Disease

01.10.2003

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

New finding may lead to more effective – and affordable – treatments

Clockwise from bottom left: Dr. Meir Krupsky, Dalia Elinger, Dr. Edna Schechtman, Dr. Tamar Paz-Elizur, Dr. Sara Blumenstein, and Prof. Zvi Livneh. Calculated risks

Blood Test for Smokers

03.09.2003

Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Research uncovers individual risk for lung cancer

New Blood Test Uncovers Individual Risk for Lung Cancer

New Blood Test Uncovers Individual Risk for Lung Cancer

03.09.2003

Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Smokers carrying a newly found genetic marker are 5-10 times more likely to fall victim to the disease than other smokers; 120 times more than...

Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment Passes Phase II Clinical Trials: Significant Improvement, No Adverse Effects

Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment Passes Phase II Clinical Trials: Significant Improvement, No Adverse Effects

20.08.2003

Biochemistry, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Phase III in psoriasis to be initiated later this year

Glucocerebrosidase

Weizmann Institute Scientists Solve the 3-D Structure of the Enzyme Involved in Gaucher Disease

02.06.2003

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

The discovery may help design effective therapies for the genetic disease that mainly affects Ashkenazi Jews

Prof. David Mirelman and his research team. Antisense

Montezuma's Final Act?

01.05.2003

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

"Silenced" amoebas could lead to a vaccine against their aggressive brethren

Left to right: Ph.D. students Anna Gakamsky and Anat Bahat, Prof. Michael Eisenbach. Obstacle course

Sperm on the Egghunt

01.05.2003

Biochemistry, Fertility

Sperm are tiny "heat-seeking missiles" homing in on the egg

Deinococcus radiodurans

Lord of the Ring

01.05.2003

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Plants and Agriculture, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology

What gives a bacterium the ability to withstand 3000 times more radiation than humans?

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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

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Burning Cancer’s Bridges

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

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