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Blood Stem Cells: The Methylation that Spells Differentiation

27.05.2019
Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology
Manipulating an enzyme might be key to culturing cells for transplantation or other treatments
turning weakness into strength

Turning Weakness into Strength for Protein Production Control

23.05.2019
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
The new method may enable quality control without costly purification procedures
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TOOKAD®, Invented at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Gains European Approval for Prostate Cancer

29.04.2019
Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
The treatment, approved for use in 31 countries, is now being marketed in Germany, Italy, Israel and Mexico
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CEST la vie: High-Powered Magnets Improve Early Detection of Cancer in Rats

17.04.2019
Chemistry, Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
The method revealed tissue disruptions that cannot be seen by other means
Noam Stern-Ginossar and group

Host and Virus Face Off over RNA Modification

11.04.2019
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
What happens when a mechanism meant to protect the cell gets exploited by bad-mannered viruses? 
p loops

In Search of the First Enzymes

01.04.2019
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Plants and Agriculture
Proto-enzymes designed in the lab bound strongly to RNA and DNA, suggesting a surprising origin for these proteins
biofuel feedstock

Breakdance of the Cohesins: Revealing a Breakdown Structure’s Flexible Side

28.02.2019
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Energy, Biotechnology
Deconstructing the enzymes that deconstruct plant biomass
inhibition

Going for Strong Inhibition

31.01.2019
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A unique method for identifying bioactive chemical compounds produces a potential new drug molecule
winter school

Israeli and Czech Scientists Join Forces in Advancing Drug Discovery

22.01.2019
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A new "winter school" has its first session at the Weizmann Institute of Science
pituitary

Where the Blood-Brain Barrier Breaks Down

07.01.2019
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology
The cells that keep blood vessels in the pituitary permeable to hormones may hold the key to future drug delivery

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