Biochemistry

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?

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...

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