Cancer

(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

(l-r) Marco Cortesi, Dr. Rachel Chechik, Prof. Amos Breskin and Dr. Sana Shilstein. Using medical intelligence

Capturing Cancer

01.05.2010

A new approach to diagnosing prostate cancer could improve outcomes

(l-r) Dr. Perry Stambolsky and Profs. Varda Rotter and Moshe Oren

p53 Turns Thirty

01.05.2010

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Weizmann scientists celebrate three decades of research into the p53 tumor supressor research

Prof. Hadassa Degani

Looking Forward to more accurate, less invasive cancer diagnosis

01.11.2009

Space & Physics, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Prof. Hadassa Degani: "The advances in this technology have the potential to revolutionize the field of diagnostics. I have no doubt that all these...

(l-r) Prof. Yosef Yarden and Dr. Yaron Mosesson. In the bubble

Cancer’s Ins and Outs

01.10.2009

Cells missing a recycling mechanism get trapped in a cancer-causing cycle

A scanning electron microscope image of a white blood cell with “legs”

Cells Move like Millipedes

01.10.2009

Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

White blood cells "walk" on tiny legs

New Protein Partnership

New Protein Partnership

10.09.2009

Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover A New Protein Partnership That Leads to Pediatric Tumor Regression

Weizmann Institute Scientists Show White Blood Cells Move like Millipedes

Weizmann Institute Scientists Show White Blood Cells Move like Millipedes

04.05.2009

Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

How do white blood cells – immune system ‘soldiers’ – get to the site of infection or injury? To do so, they must crawl swiftly along the lining of...

Stopgap DNA Repair Needs a Second Step

Stopgap DNA Repair Needs a Second Step

04.05.2009

Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

One can have a dream, two can make that dream so real, goes a popular song. Now a Weizmann Institute study has revealed that it takes two to perform...

Dr. Lilach Gilboa. The nature of the niche

The Origin of the Cell

01.05.2009

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

The ovaries of fruit fly larvae hold clues to basic principles of development, stem cells and cancer

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Burning Cancer’s Bridges

Crystalizing Our Comprehension of Malaria

A tumor sample from a human patient with the most common type of lung cancer (adenocarcinoma). Senescent cells are highlighted by their expression of the p16 (red) and the PD-L1 (green) proteins. Cell nuclei are in blue

Unclogging the Immune System

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

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A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking

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