Cancer

(l-r) Dr. Gili Ben-Nissan, Prof. Yosef Shaul, Dr. Michal Sharon and Oren Moscovitz

Rescuing the Rescuers

24.07.2012

Biochemistry, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

How does the cell keep certain vital proteins from getting recycled?

Judging DNA by Its Cover

Judging DNA by Its Cover

23.07.2012

Cancer, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

A newly-discovered molecular mechanism might explain the link between stem cells and cancer

Prof. Ehud Shapiro, Dr. Rivka Adar, Adam Spiro and Noa Chapal-Ilani

Finding the Source of Cancer Recurrence

17.07.2012

Biochemistry, Cancer, Math & Computer Science

Do chemotherapy drugs miss a hidden reservoir of cancer cells?

Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger

17.07.2012

Biochemistry, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

A molecule developed at the Institute can intercept potentially cancer-promoting messages before they reach the cell nucleus

Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger

12.06.2012

Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A small molecule developed at the Weizmann Institute prevents a cancer-causing message from entering the cell nucleus

Budding wing from irradiated fruit fly larvae, magnified about 80 times; various aspects of apoptosis in a regular fly (left column) are compared with the mutant fly lacking the drice gene (right column). Upper row: “reporter” proteins are highlighted with green fluorescent protein; middle row: the cutting up of these reporter proteins by caspases; bottom row: numerous cells die by apoptosis in the regular fruit fly (left), whereas almost no apoptosis occurs in the fly lacking the Drice caspase (right)

The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Cellular Fortune

11.06.2012

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

What separates the cells that are prone to suicide from those that are long lived?

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

(l-r) Profs. Benjamin Geiger and Joachim Spatz

Synthetic Cells Stand In for the Real Thing

23.05.2012

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Materials Science

A biologist and a materials scientist create a new approach to understanding living cell mechanics

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

Prof. Yosef Yarden, Dr. Wolfgang Köstler, Amit Zeisel and Prof. Eytan Domany

Production Overshoot

11.03.2012

Space & Physics, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Bits of gene code that are normally discarded have found a surprising new use in research

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Weizmann Institute of Science and Max Planck Society Create a Joint Postdoctoral Program

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Prof. Ron Blonder

Prof. Ron Blonder

Prof. Irit Sagi

Prof. Irit Sagi

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Weizmann Institute of Science and Max Planck Society Create a Joint Postdoctoral Program

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