Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Arenacept

Decoy Molecule Neutralizes a Range of Viruses

07.01.2020

Structural Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The molecule points the way toward treating viruses that cross from animals to humans

Eran Hornstein

Why is this Nerve Cell Different? Finding the Genetic Roots of ALS

02.01.2020

Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Q & A with Prof. Eran Hornstein on discovering why mutations in a gene for a tiny non-coding RNA could herald the onset of neurodegenerative...

heat scarring

Blue-Sky Dye Spells Hope for Improving Heart Function

05.12.2019

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

The small molecule reduces damaging inflammation and improves heart function in mouse models of heart attack

Rivka Dikstein

New Molecules Precisely Target Mutant Disease Gene

02.12.2019

Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

These molecules may prevent only some of a crucial gene's activities without affecting others

cone snail and prey

How Cone Snail Venom Kills

24.10.2019

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

A newly discovered mechanism may lead to better potassium- blocking drugs and improved natural pesticides

antibodies against ebola virus

Ebola Antibodies at Work

07.10.2019

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

Scientists in Israel and Germany show, on the molecular level, how an experimental vaccine offers long-term protection against the disease

Irit Sagi

The Azrieli Foundation Funds Fragile X Research at the Institute

06.10.2019

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

Institute scientists have developed a potential drug that attenuates autism-like behaviors in disease models

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A New Route to Blocking Children’s Bone Cancer

02.10.2019

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A study in mice showed that reducing a particular hormone signal keeps the cancer from growing and spreading

Soma Ghosh

Dr. Soma Ghosh: Living her Dream

16.09.2019

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

"We attain higher achievement, better results and the opportunity to advance our scientific careers"

gut bacteria

Gut Microbes May Affect the Course of ALS

22.07.2019

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

Researchers isolated a molecule that may be under-produced in the guts of patients

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