Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Cross-section of the inner lining of a human gut adjacent to a cancerous tumor

Body Knows Best: A Natural Healing Mechanism for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

30.05.2018

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

The findings suggest that boosting signals in certain cells and not in others might even help treat colon cancer

biofilm

Storming the Fortress: Cracking the Concrete Surrounding Bacterial Biofilms

21.05.2018

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

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers suggest a way to breach barriers to antibiotics

Proteins involved in the intestinal barrier of the mouse colon (E-cadherein in green)

The Obesity-Infection Connection

14.05.2018

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

Bacteria in our guts complete this triangle

Students from Hakfar Hayrok School IMO Levi Eshkol prepared for the robot experiments with lab work in their school

Two Hundred Teens, Ten Days and a Robot: Investigating How Superbugs Evolve

30.04.2018

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Science Teaching

An intercontinental project has high school students doing real science

Gerst: cellular nanotubes

Sharing Information through the Internet of Cells

26.04.2018

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

Researchers reveal how functional genetic instructions are passed from cell to cell

cover: shining a light on the molecular fingerprint

The Smallest Nose Glows

23.04.2018

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

Made of a single molecule, the tiny artificial sensor might be able to “smell out” disease within living cells

mTOR protein (magenta) in the sciatic nerve after injury

“Lord of the Rings” Protein Jump-Starts Nerve Repair

16.04.2018

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

Hidden from view, a central repair protein is made on the spot

Segal and Slutskin

A Rulebook for Living Cells

12.04.2018

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

New research delves into the process by which small sequences of RNA – microRNAs – regulate the long ones

microbiome influences

Genetics or Lifestyle: What Is It That Shapes our Microbiome?

27.02.2018

Nutrition, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A study brings new hope for improving our health

Zoomed-in xSPEN diffusion data arising from a human frontal lobe (dashed square regions) containing the optic nerve indicated by the yellow arrows

The X-SPENdables: Addressing the Most Challenging Tissues in Magnetic Resonance

21.02.2018

Lasers & Optics, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Chemistry, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new MRI method developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science improves our ability to study the brain and other non-homogeneous tissues

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