Immunology

Bound to Identify Intruders

Bound to Identify Intruders

21.11.2007

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute, Germany and France has revealed, at a resolution of milliseconds, the changes an immune system T...

A Survival Mechanism for Blood Cancer Cells

A Survival Mechanism for Blood Cancer Cells

21.08.2007

Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Time-Tested Transplants

Time-Tested Transplants

01.05.2007

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Transplanting tissue at the right stage could help blood clot in hemophiliacs

Electron microscope images of a yeast (Candida albicans) (top) and bacterial (Staphylococcus aureus) (bottom) cell, before (l) and after (r) treatment with synthetic lipopeptides, which damage their cell membranes

War of the Organisms

01.05.2007

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Combining natural protein fragments could help defeat antibiotic resistant pathogens

Prof. David Givol and research student Hilah Gal. Differences in expression

Stem Cells and Cancer

01.05.2007

Cancer, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

What separates healthy stem cells from cancer stem cells?

Doubly Safe Activation

Doubly Safe Activation

26.03.2007

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

A team of Weizmann Institute scientists show that the immune system employs “dual key” activation to launch a potent antiviral weapon 'Dual key'...

A Transplant in Time

A Transplant in Time

26.12.2006

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute Scientists demonstrate how tissues transplanted from pig embryos might, in the future, present a solution to genetic diseases...

Precise Pattern

Precise Pattern

01.10.2006

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Institute scientists show precisely how a diabetes vaccine works

(l-r) Dr. Smadar Even Tov Friedman, Prof. Yair Reisner and Dalit Tchorsh. Timing

Opening the Window

01.10.2006

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Insulin-producing cells grown in pig embryos and harvested at just the right time might help cure type 1 diabetes, in the future

Silence of the Amoebae

Silence of the Amoebae

30.08.2006

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

Weizmann Institute scientists render a disease-causing pathogen harmless

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