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A New Blood Test May Detect Leukemia Risk and Replace Bone Marrow Sampling

27.06.2025

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Just days after their labs were damaged in the Iranian attack, Profs. Liran Shlush and Amos Tanay publish a study expected to advance the field of...

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Radar Knows Best: New Technology Monitors Health Remotely

28.04.2025

Robotics and Machine Learning, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Israel Prize laureate Prof. Yonina Eldar’s lab has developed a way of tracking multiple patients’ vital signs at a distance

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Beyond Words

21.04.2025

Robotics and Machine Learning, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Study reveals the hidden musical grammar of natural speech

Multiple Proteins Viewed as Never Before

Multiple Proteins Viewed as Never Before

01.04.2025

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

An AI-based method developed at Weizmann can exponentially increase the number of proteins imaged in tissues

Mouse heart tissue viewed under a microscope

A Broken Heart: Two Types of Scars, Two Paths to Healing

18.02.2025

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A collaborative study reveals two kinds of scarring, dubbed hot and cold, in injured heart tissue, suggesting that treatments must take the type of...

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Cracking the Code of a Worm's Throat

18.11.2024

Mathematics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Modeling a tiny worm’s feeding process reveals the power of mathematics and computer science in exploring the complexity of biological organisms

MRI brain scans of mice with Gaucher disease Type III. The scan of a mouse that received the new treatment (left) shows a significant reduction in tissue inflammation (blue) compared to an untreated mouse (right)

Improving the Recipe for Gene Therapy

13.10.2024

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

An innovative treatment for Gaucher disease has produced promising results in mice, giving hope to patients after decades of research

AI Flexes Its Muscles

AI Flexes Its Muscles

11.04.2024

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology

A machine learning model sheds new light on muscle development

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How Does a Bacterium Know It’s Time?

08.03.2024

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms

Scientists were split on the issue of cell division; a statistical study heals the rift

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Down the Rabbit Hole

08.02.2024

Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Stem Cells, Evolution and Development, Genetics

An innovative Weizmann Institute system for tracking the earliest stages of embryonic development, applied for the first time in rabbits, could...

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