Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Functional MRI Will Enable Non-Invasive Visualization of brain Cortical Columns

Functional MRI Will Enable Non-Invasive Visualization of brain Cortical Columns

25.01.2000

Space & Physics, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The accomplishment by Minnesota scientists, based on information gathered through optical imaging techniques innovated by Weizmann Institute...

Blood Test For Schizophrenia

Blood Test For Schizophrenia

17.01.2000

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A relatively simple blood test for diagnosing the mental illness schizophrenia has been proposed by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science...

New Understanding Of A Key Control Mechanism In The Brain

New Understanding Of A Key Control Mechanism In The Brain

13.01.2000

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute findings could provide new insights into a wide range of neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, autism, and...

X-Rays May Show The Way To Better Alzheimer's Drugs

X-Rays May Show The Way To Better Alzheimer's Drugs

27.12.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists have elucidated the means by which a plant substance blocks a key brain enzyme involved in Alzheimer's disease....

Protein Teamwork Drives Damaged Cells To Self-Destruct

Protein Teamwork Drives Damaged Cells To Self-Destruct

12.12.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have recently deciphered part of the cellular events underlying apoptosis -- programmed cell death....

Progress Reported in Developing Compounds That Mimic Insulin for the Treatment of Type II Diabetes

Progress Reported in Developing Compounds That Mimic Insulin for the Treatment of Type II Diabetes

24.11.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Diabetic patients suffer from a metabolic disorder in which the insulin hormone responsible for allowing the passage of energy rich...

New Molecule Boosts Stem Cell Survival

New Molecule Boosts Stem Cell Survival

01.08.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute researchers have developed a molecule that allows blood stem cells - the body's most primitive, immature cells that...

Weizmann Institute Scientists Develop a Potential Future Treatment for Myasthenia Gravis

Weizmann Institute Scientists Develop a Potential Future Treatment for Myasthenia Gravis

01.07.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute researchers have developed an effective treatment, administered through the nose, for a myasthenia gravis-like disease in...

Weizmann Researchers Find Evidence That Links a Molecular Mechanism to Huntington's Disease

Weizmann Researchers Find Evidence That Links a Molecular Mechanism to Huntington's Disease

22.06.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann researchers have found evidence that an enzyme called transglutaminase (TGase) may be the "smoking gun" behind the deadly...

Mechanism Involved in Causing Colon Cancer Discovered at the Weizmann Institute

Mechanism Involved in Causing Colon Cancer Discovered at the Weizmann Institute

11.05.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel -- May 11, 1999 -- Weizmann Institute researchers have discovered a molecular mechanism that may be involved in causing colon...

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