Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment Passes Phase II Clinical Trials: Significant Improvement, No Adverse Effects

Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Treatment Passes Phase II Clinical Trials: Significant Improvement, No Adverse Effects

20.08.2003

Biochemistry, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Phase III in psoriasis to be initiated later this year

How the Liver Cries for Help

How the Liver Cries for Help

20.08.2003

Cancer, Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Stem cells in the bone marrow become liver cells in response to an alarm They still don't have a personality, and they're waiting for the maturity...

Call in the Taste Tailors

Call in the Taste Tailors

20.08.2003

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

Why taste and smell differ among individuals – and how industry may profit “De gustibus non est disputandum” is a popular saying, conveying that...

Glucocerebrosidase

Weizmann Institute Scientists Solve the 3-D Structure of the Enzyme Involved in Gaucher Disease

02.06.2003

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

The discovery may help design effective therapies for the genetic disease that mainly affects Ashkenazi Jews

Prof. David Mirelman and his research team. Antisense

Montezuma's Final Act?

01.05.2003

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

"Silenced" amoebas could lead to a vaccine against their aggressive brethren

Left to right: Ph.D. student Benny Dekel and Prof. Yair Reisner. Timing is everything

Mice Grow Human Kidneys

01.05.2003

Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Patients in need of kidneys might be able to grow new ones in the future

Newly Uncovered Genes

Newly Uncovered Genes

01.05.2003

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Two newly-discovered genes could help scientists understand how cancer progresses and the genetic basis of anemia

X-Rays Yield Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Drug

X-Rays Yield Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Drug

01.05.2003

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

A study of an Alzheimer's drug's activity reveals why lower doses might be just as effective

First Sightings of Individual Proteins as They Fold

First Sightings of Individual Proteins as They Fold

01.03.2003

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Proteins, it appears, have taken Frank Sinatra's "I Did It My Way" close to heart. A new study published in the current issue of Proceedings of the...

X-Rays Yield Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Drug

X-Rays Yield Mechanism of Alzheimer’s Drug

24.02.2003

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

A team of Weizmann scientists has gained new insight into the effects of a newly approved drug, rivastigmine, in treating Alzheimer’s disease, a...

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