Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Genetic Risk Factor

Genetic Risk Factor

23.01.2007

Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists discover a genetic risk factor for smoking-linked head and neck cancer

Weizmann Institute scientists create: The First Molecular Keypad Lock

Weizmann Institute scientists create: The First Molecular Keypad Lock

23.01.2007

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Organic Chemistry

Keypad locks, such as those for preventing auto theft, allow an action to take place only when the right password is entered: a series of numbers...

A new method developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science holds promise for treating brain injuries

A new method developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science holds promise for treating brain injuries

16.01.2007

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

An injury to the brain can be devastating. When brain cells die, whether from head trauma, stroke or disease, a substance called glutamate...

Joining Forces

Joining Forces

26.12.2006

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The 'resistance movement' founded by bacteria to combat antibiotics may be losing ground. By combining key properties of two different types of...

A Transplant in Time

A Transplant in Time

26.12.2006

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute Scientists demonstrate how tissues transplanted from pig embryos might, in the future, present a solution to genetic diseases...

(l) Mapping the concentration of a contrast material (simulating a drug) inside the tumor. (r) A mathematical interpreation that "translates" the concentration data into areas of different pressure inside the tumor. the lower the pressure, the greater the concentration.

Predicting Success

01.10.2006

Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new diagnostic method can tell whether chemotherapy drugs will get to the tumor

Precise Pattern

Precise Pattern

01.10.2006

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Institute scientists show precisely how a diabetes vaccine works

(l-r) Dr. Smadar Even Tov Friedman, Prof. Yair Reisner and Dalit Tchorsh. Timing

Opening the Window

01.10.2006

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Insulin-producing cells grown in pig embryos and harvested at just the right time might help cure type 1 diabetes, in the future

(l-r) Dr. Enrique Alvarez Lacalle and Prof. Elisha Moses.

Deep Meanings

01.10.2006

Space & Physics, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A physicist's mathematical model might help tell us what makes good reading, and how to communicate effectively

Silence of the Amoebae

Silence of the Amoebae

30.08.2006

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

Weizmann Institute scientists render a disease-causing pathogen harmless

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