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A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking

26.08.2024
Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
Weizmann Institute researchers reveal how Copaxone protects the heart muscle and improves its function after a heart attack
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Finding Immune Cells under Our Very Noses

31.07.2024
Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Antibody-producing cells discovered inside the nasal conchae may help develop new nasal vaccinations and treatments for allergies and nervous system...
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Sticking a Pin in Cancer

12.07.2024
Structural Biology, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A new cellular mechanism for identifying unraveled proteins may serve as a target for cancer therapies
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A Sweet New MRI Method “Lights Up” Pancreatic Cancer

23.06.2024
Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
Altered glucose digested by cancer cells helps reveal tumors’ hiding places
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Fungus vs. Fungus: Newly Identified Yeast Might Prevent Life-Threatening Fungal Infections

18.03.2024
Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
The novel yeast works by outcompeting rivals, Weizmann Institute study suggests
(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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