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Gut Microbes Actively Support Immunity in People Living with HIV

12.02.2026

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A study conducted in Israel and Ethiopia, led by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science and Hadassah, reveals that the microbiome partly...

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From Cancer to Alzheimer’s: Engineered Immune Cells Reduce Plaques in the Brain

09.02.2026

Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

After transforming the treatment of blood cancers, the CAR-T approach developed at the Weizmann Institute is now showing promise in a mouse model of...

Human lung cancer tissue under a microscope. The enzymes (yellow) that unmask the immune-activating molecules are found near the TREM2 receptors (red) of the tumor-assisting macrophages. This targeted unmasking can prevent damage to healthy tissues

Turning the Tumor’s Shield into a Sword

19.11.2025

Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new class of immune-activating molecules awakens anti-tumor immunity by targeting the tumor’s own defenses

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Food: Friend, Not Foe – New Study Explains Why

27.05.2025

Nutrition, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute researchers reveal the cellular network behind oral tolerance, the immune mechanism that enables us to eat food safely

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Wake-Up Call for Dormant Cancer

22.04.2025

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

Weizmann Institute researchers reveal how breast cancer cells enter a state of dormancy, remaining undetected for years, and why they suddenly wake...

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The Master Switch Turning Immune Cells into Cancer Eradicators

10.04.2025

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

Researchers in Prof. Ido Amit’s lab identify a gene that reprograms macrophages into cancer-promoting cells — and show how to switch it off

Getting Cancer to Unmask Itself

Getting Cancer to Unmask Itself

27.03.2025

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

Researchers from Prof. Yardena Samuels’s lab manipulated cancer cells into making themselves visible to the immune system, creating a new approach...

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New Immune Mechanism Revealed in the Cellular Trash

05.03.2025

Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The discovery holds promise in light of the growing resistance to antibiotics

Illustration by Yael Leibovitch and Simone Dell’Ariccia

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

20.01.2025

Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new Weizmann Institute study identified all of the proteins in a stool sample – those from the microbiome, the human body and food – revealing the...

A tumor sample from a human patient with the most common type of lung cancer (adenocarcinoma). Senescent cells are highlighted by their expression of the p16 (red) and the PD-L1 (green) proteins. Cell nuclei are in blue

Unclogging the Immune System

21.10.2024

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

Weizmann Institute researchers reveal how aging cells evade our immune systems – and propose developing an innovative treatment for age-related...

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