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Weizmann Institute’s Mathematical Model May Lead to Safer Chemotherapy

12.09.2012
Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
The study explains why certain patients develop severe infections after chemotherapy and points to ways of averting this side-effect  
Leukemia cells. Image: Wikimedia commons, NIH

Why Chemotherapy Fails

29.05.2012
Biochemistry, Cancer, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Research led by Weizmann Institute scientists shows why leukemia often returns  
Top: Dr. Noa Chapal-Ilani and Yitzhak Reizel. Bottom: Drs. Rivka Adar and Shalev Itzkovitz, and Profs. Nava Dekel and Ehud Shapiro

Skeletons (and other Organs) in the Cell Family Tree

15.05.2012
Cancer, Stem Cells, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Tracing the lineages of cells resolves some outstanding questions in biology
Mouse cell lineage tree. Oocytes are in red, bone marrow stem cells in yellow, demonstrating that the two form separate clusters with only a distant relationship

Lineage Trees Reveal Cells’ Histories

23.02.2012
Biochemistry, Stem Cells, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A new method is helping to resolve controversies and answer some open questions in biology. 
(l-r) Gilad Landan, Dr. Amos Tanay and Rami Jaschek. New targets for treatment

Found in the Desert

02.05.2010
Cancer, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Cancer-enhancing DNA may reside in a surprising part of the genome  
Bacteria are Models of Efficiency

Bacteria are Models of Efficiency

04.02.2009
Space & Physics, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Mathematics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A mathematical model developed at the Weizmann Institute has revealed how single-celled organisms regulate their activities for maximum efficiency...
How Cancer Cells Survive a Chemotherapy Drug

How Cancer Cells Survive a Chemotherapy Drug

28.01.2009
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
What separates the few cancer cells that survive chemotherapy – leaving the door open to recurrence – from those that don’t? Weizmann Institute...
Prof. Ehud Shapiro.

Down the Line

01.10.2008
Cancer, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Charting a cell's family tree can shed light on how cancer develops
Dr. Eran Segal. Finding a common theme

The Math of Survival

01.10.2008
Cancer, Stem Cells, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A new computer program enables scientists to pinpoint a cancer-causing gene
Deadly Repeats

Deadly Repeats

02.05.2008
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Computer scientists reveals the code behind the onset and progression of Huntington's disease  

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