Evolution and Development

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Shedding Light on the Dark Hours

25.11.2024

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development

Weizmann researchers discover why the wee hours of the day can be especially dangerous to our health

An electron microscope view of phages duplicated inside bacterial cells that possess the immune system discovered in the new study. This immune system attaches a ubiquitin-like protein (marked by black dots and white arrows) to the tails of these phages, preventing them from infecting other bacterial cells

Catch a Virus by Its Tail

17.07.2024

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Evolution and Development

A bacterial immune system that alters the tails of phages might help clarify an immunity mechanism in humans

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Sperm Welcome – But Their Mitochondria Must Go

15.07.2024

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Fertility

Why do we inherit only maternal mitochondria? A new study shows how the paternal versions are deliberately destroyed

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Mouths Wide Shut: How Cellular Cleaning Out Is Kept in Check

03.06.2024

Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Autophagic organelles found to actively restrict the size of their mouths

Researchers used color-coded proteins to reveal the identity of the cells in the organoids they produced. In four organoids that simulate the embryo’s central nervous system, the magenta marks proteins associated with the development of the forebrain and the midbrain, the green, the hindbrain and the red, the center of the spinal cord

From Tip to Tail

01.06.2024

Brain & Behavior, Stem Cells, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Weizmann Institute develop the first-ever complete central nervous system on a chip; it...

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Bacteria against Mutants

28.05.2024

Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development

A bacterial model helps reveal how our bodies prevent population explosions – and cancer

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Proteins without Parents

14.02.2024

Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Evolution and Development

Using three AI protein prediction tools, a Chinese-Israeli study uncovers new wrinkles in the folding story of “orphan” proteins

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Down the Rabbit Hole

08.02.2024

Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Stem Cells, Evolution and Development, Genetics

An innovative Weizmann Institute system for tracking the earliest stages of embryonic development, applied for the first time in rabbits, could...

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There’s a New Hypothesis on Your Hypophysis

02.02.2024

Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Weizmann Institute study challenges an old dogma regarding the pituitary gland’s embryonic origins and may lead to new insights into growth hormone...

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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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