Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Blocking Autoimmunity Naturally

Blocking Autoimmunity Naturally

01.03.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile diabetes and psoriasis are all examples of autoimmunity, a condition in which the body attacks its own...

Bone Marrow Transplants May Be Improved

Bone Marrow Transplants May Be Improved

05.02.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Bone Marrow Transplants May Be Improved Thanks To Discovery Of A Key Mechanism Underlying Human Stem Cell Migration REHOVOT, Israel -...

New 'Bacteria Bashers' Wipe Out Infection

New 'Bacteria Bashers' Wipe Out Infection

01.12.1998

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

It used to be that antibiotics could be trusted to rid the body of a host of bacterial diseases. Today, however, emerging strains of antibiotic-...

Immunity's Nervous Supervisor

Immunity's Nervous Supervisor

01.12.1998

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Our body systems are like sections in an orchestra, "conducted" by the brain. But how exactly does the brain, which is part of the...

Life-Saving Discrepancy: Study Shows Effectiveness of Mismatched Bone Marrow Transplants

Life-Saving Discrepancy: Study Shows Effectiveness of Mismatched Bone Marrow Transplants

22.10.1998

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel October 22, 1998 For many leukemia sufferers, bone marrow transplantation is their only hope. Unfortunately, in about...

Antibodies Know Right From Left

Antibodies Know Right From Left

01.05.1998

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Knowing right from left is essential in many areas of life - even on the molecular level. Prof. Meir Wilchek of the Weizmann Institute's...

New Delivery System May Improve Gene Therapy

New Delivery System May Improve Gene Therapy

03.12.1997

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel - December 3, 1997 - In the genes of an organism, as in real estate, location is key. The functioning of any gene is significantly...

Therapeutic Effects of Garlic Clarified by Weizmann Institute Research

Therapeutic Effects of Garlic Clarified by Weizmann Institute Research

14.10.1997

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel - October 14, 1997 - Garlic is believed to work wonders, from fighting disease to keeping away vampires. Now two studies conducted at...

Adult Onset Diabetes: An 'Imbalancing' Act

Adult Onset Diabetes: An 'Imbalancing' Act

01.10.1997

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Although diabetes is the Western world's most common metabolic disease, adult-onset diabetes, which affects 90% of diabetes sufferers, is still...

A Matchless Achievement

A Matchless Achievement

01.10.1997

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A method developed at the Institute for transplanting bone marrow from mismatched donors holds hope for millions

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