Immunology

Programmed Destruction

Programmed Destruction

18.03.2013

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

Results showing the same signaling enzymes can trigger two different processes in the cell sound a warning to biomedical researchers

A Question of Upbringing

A Question of Upbringing

14.02.2013

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

“Bad education” may be at least partly responsible for chronic digestive tract disease

Two Antibodies Are Better Than One

Two Antibodies Are Better Than One

07.02.2013

Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new approach mimicking the body’s natural defenses could help treat a therapy-resistant breast cancer

Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar

A Fragile Equilibrium

16.12.2012

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A mathematical model may lead to safer chemotherapy

Dr. Ido Amit

The Gene Control Hierarchy

29.11.2012

Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Genetics

A new, automated method for mapping protein-DNA interactions may lead to advances in personalized medicine

Prostaglandins guard stem cells by increasing the production of an inhibitory factor in the mesenchymal bone marrow cells. Mesenchymal cells are marked with a green protein (left); the inhibitory factor is red (center). Combined image (right): Treatment with prostaglandins (bottom) increases the secretion of the inhibitory factor

How Stem Cells Stay Young

29.11.2012

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

A rare subgroup of immune cells act as stem cell “bodyguards”

Dr. Nir Friedman

Immune Cells’ Flexible Choices

18.11.2012

Immunology, Genetics

Some immune receptors are created from random combinations of genes. But not everything is left to chance.

Prostaglandins guard stem cells by increasing the production of an inhibitory factor in the mesenchymal bone marrow cells. Mesenchymal cells are marked with a green protein (left); the inhibitory factor is red (center). Combined image (right): Treatment with prostaglandins (bottom) increases the secretion of the inhibitory factor

Stem Cell Bodyguards

22.10.2012

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Insights into rare immune cells that keep blood stem cells in a youthful state may lead to better treatments

Immune Cells Make Flexible Choices

Immune Cells Make Flexible Choices

22.10.2012

Immunology, Genetics

Certain immune cell receptors are more common than mere chance would dictate. New research shows why

cell and numbers. Image: Thinkstock

Weizmann Institute’s Mathematical Model May Lead to Safer Chemotherapy

12.09.2012

Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The study explains why certain patients develop severe infections after chemotherapy and points to ways of averting this side-effect

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