Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Prof. Yosef Shaul. A lifelong quest

Spiking the Particle

25.04.2022

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Technology & Applications, Yeda Technology Transfer, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

FDA approves third-generation hepatitis B vaccine based on Weizmann research

(l-r) Profs. Chamutal Gur and Ido Amit

Getting Under the Skin of an Autoimmune Disorder

04.04.2022

Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers, in collaboration with Hadassah and Rambam physicians, present a new roadmap for exploring poorly...

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Mutations in Noncoding DNA Protect the Brain from ALS

31.03.2022

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers discover a new neuroprotective pathway

Natural anticancer antibodies (green) bound to a single ovarian tumor cell; the cell’s nucleus is in blue. Viewed with confocal microscopy

Antibodies Fight Cancer Too

23.03.2022

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Natural antibodies found in tumors could point the way toward improved immunotherapy

(l-r) Dr. Tali Feferman, Dr. Inbal Farkash, and Dr. Rony Dahan

Following the Sugarcoated Tails of Antibodies

01.03.2022

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

By analyzing and comparing the antibodies produced in ill, recovering and vaccinated individuals, Weizmann scientists demonstrate different modes of...

(l-r) Dr. Ashish Noronha, Prof. Yosef Yarden, and Dr. Nishanth Belugali Nataraj

To Slow Cancer, Close the Cells’ Tunnels

22.02.2022

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A gene for transport helps aggressive cancer cells move and spread

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A Noninvasive Test for Gut Inflammation

23.01.2022

Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Technology & Applications, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new method of characterizing immune cells shed in the stool could facilitate diagnosis and improve treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

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Making Bone Growth Transparent

17.12.2021

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A new method for tracking thousands of cells in three dimensions may help reveal how bone growth is disrupted in dwarfism and other skeletal...

mRNA molecules for making insulin are found closer to the cell center

While Waiting for Food: The Surprising Fetal Gut Cells That Make Insulin

09.12.2021

Nutrition, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

The discovery opens up new avenues for developing future diabetes therapies

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Gut Microbes May Drive Weight Gain after Smoking Cessation

08.12.2021

Biochemistry, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Substances produced by microbes, identified in a study in mice, may help in the development of new anti-obesity treatments

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