Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

(l-r) Dr. Anat Bahat and Prof. Rivka Dikstein

Toward a Treatment for Huntington’s Disease

26.02.2024

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered two small molecules that can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice, slowing and even reversing the...

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The Human Touch: Designing “Humanized” Antibodies That Work

25.01.2024

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new algorithm may greatly speed up the process of engineering therapeutic antibodies

Combat team: A dendritic cell (right) and a T cell, both from a mouse with skin cancer, combined using the BiCE antibody (yellow)

Standing United: When Immune Cells Join Forces, Cancer Therapy Is More Effective

18.01.2024

Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new kind of immunotherapy, based on crosstalk between different immune cells, could pave the way for innovative treatments of cancer and autoimmune...

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Evolutionary Safety First

09.01.2024

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

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers call for a new kind of test – one that will ensure evolutionary safety – to be applied to future...

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Why People with Diabetes Are More Prone to Respiratory Risk

14.12.2023

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

New study reveals how high blood sugar makes lung infections worse; the findings may lead to a strategy for reversing this susceptibility

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Traces of Trauma in the Young Brain – and How to Erase Them

03.12.2023

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

Weizmann Institute researchers reveal in mice how exposure to trauma in infancy alters the brain; they show that early treatment to reverse these...

Scanning electron microscope images of the enamel layer enveloping mouse teeth

Newly Discovered Autoimmune Disorder Disrupts Tooth Enamel Development

02.12.2023

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

Celiac disease in children might be associated with sensitivity to a protein abundant in dairy products. The new findings may facilitate the disorder...

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Moonshot Provides Blueprint for Future Pandemic Drugs

10.11.2023

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

An open-access format for drug discovery is helping design medications against potential viral threats

Peripheral sensory neurons in a laboratory dish

Unlocking a Secret Nerve Cell Regenerator

31.08.2023

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

A protein facilitating nerve cell repair in the peripheral nervous system might one day point to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases

Human lung cancer cells harboring the L858R mutation in the EGFR gene. Cell nuclei are in blue. The red color marks a protein that is present in the cell cytoplasm when the EGFR is active and driving the uncontrolled cell divisions

A Select Group: Study May Bring Improved Therapy to Preselected Lung Cancer Patients

08.08.2023

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

Weizmann Institute researchers identify a biomarker that may one day enable a subgroup of lung cancer patients to benefit from relapse-free treatment

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