Immunology

How HIV Disables the Cells' Call for Help

How HIV Disables the Cells' Call for Help

07.07.2005

Biochemistry, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute Scientists discover how an HIV protein fragment shuts down an immune response. Their finding may have implications for autoimmune...

Cancer Therapy Penetrates Bone

Cancer Therapy Penetrates Bone

01.05.2005

Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new method may help treat cancer that has metastasized to the bone marrow

(l-r) Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, Dr. Wangxia Wang, Prof. David Wallach, Tehila Ben Moshe and Dr. Tae Bong Kang. Resisting death

Dying to Live

01.05.2005

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

A cell "death" gene may also be crucial for cellular life

(l-r) Prof. Irun Cohen and Prof. Eytan Domany. Profiling the immune system

Battle Hymn of the Immune System

01.05.2005

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

An immunologist and a physicist team up to reveal the "fingerprints" of autoimmune disease

Two are Better than One

Two are Better than One

01.04.2005

Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Right combination of customized antibodies may destroy cancer cell's communication network

Allicin Wonderland

Allicin Wonderland

01.04.2005

Biochemistry, Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute Scientists “weaponize” an antibody to deliver continuous attacks on cancer cells

Optimal Time Windows for Successful Embryonic Tissue Transplant

Optimal Time Windows for Successful Embryonic Tissue Transplant

15.02.2005

Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science have determined distinct gestational time windows for the growth of transplanted pig embryonic...

Getting Cancer Therapy into the Bones

Getting Cancer Therapy into the Bones

22.12.2004

Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists develop a new approach for directing treatment to metastasized prostate cancer in the bones

Dr. Jonathan Kipnis and Prof. Michal Schwartz. The immune connection

Unlikely Brain Boosters

01.10.2004

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new study shows that a healthy immune system is key to a healthy brain

Prof. Ruth Arnon and Dr. Tamar Ben-Yedidia. Supervaccine

Fighting the Flu

01.10.2004

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The uncannily devious flu virus, it turns out, has an Achilles’ heel

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