Biochemistry

Clockwise: Prof. Ehud Shapiro, Prof. Zvi Livneh, Dr. Tamar Paz-Elizur, Ph. D. student Yaakov Benenson and Dr. Rivka Adar. Guinness World Record

DNA Fuels Tiny Computing Machine

01.05.2003

Biochemistry, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biotechnology

DNA is not only the "software" of the world's smallest computing device, it's also the fuel

X-Rays Yield Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Drug

X-Rays Yield Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Drug

01.05.2003

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

A study of an Alzheimer's drug's activity reveals why lower doses might be just as effective

First Glimpses of Folding Proteins

First Glimpses of Folding Proteins

01.05.2003

A new technique for following a single protein molecule reveals individual styles in folding

First Sightings of Individual Proteins as They Fold

First Sightings of Individual Proteins as They Fold

01.03.2003

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Proteins, it appears, have taken Frank Sinatra's "I Did It My Way" close to heart. A new study published in the current issue of Proceedings of the...

Tiny Computing Machine Fueled by DNA

Tiny Computing Machine Fueled by DNA

24.02.2003

Biochemistry, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Fifty years after the discovery of the structure of DNA, a new use has been found for this celebrated molecule: fuel for molecular computation...

X-Rays Yield Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Drug

X-Rays Yield Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Drug

24.02.2003

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

A team of Weizmann scientists has gained new insight into the effects of a newly approved drug, rivastigmine, in treating Alzheimer’s disease, a...

Sperm Use Heat Sensors to Find the Egg

Sperm Use Heat Sensors to Find the Egg

31.01.2003

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Fertility

Much like guided missiles that sense the heat of a plane's engine, sperm are guided to the fertilization site by temperature, reports a Weizmann...

Forty-year-old theory promoted to fact

Forty-year-old theory promoted to fact

24.10.2002

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

‘TWIN SISTER’ MECHANISM PREVENTS FORMATION OF GENETIC MUTATIONS

Emulsion for rapid gene analysis

Natural Selection in the Lab

01.10.2002

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Why does nature choose some proteins over others?

Dr. Ziv Reich.

DNA Trafficking

01.10.2002

Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

"Incognito" genes could open the door to a wide range of therapies

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