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A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking

26.08.2024

Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Weizmann Institute researchers reveal how Copaxone protects the heart muscle and improves its function after a heart attack

Peyote in bloom (Photo: Guy Yosef Keren)

Cactus Dreams: Revealing the Secrets of Mescaline Making

15.08.2024

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Plants and Agriculture

Scientists tackle the thorny issue of securing a sustainable source of the psychedelic for drug development

An image of tissue from the human small intestine obtained with the help of fluorescent dyes that made it possible to mark numerous proteins in parallel, thereby mapping out the various proteins produced in each part of the intestinal villi

Navigating the Digestive Tract

07.08.2024

Nutrition, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

A comprehensive gene expression atlas of the human small intestine uncovers the secrets of nutrient absorption and defense against infection

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Finding Immune Cells under Our Very Noses

31.07.2024

Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Antibody-producing cells discovered inside the nasal conchae may help develop new nasal vaccinations and treatments for allergies and nervous system...

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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Sticking a Pin in Cancer

12.07.2024

Structural Biology, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new cellular mechanism for identifying unraveled proteins may serve as a target for cancer therapies

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A Sweet New MRI Method “Lights Up” Pancreatic Cancer

23.06.2024

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

Altered glucose digested by cancer cells helps reveal tumors’ hiding places

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The Constant Gardener

10.06.2024

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Weizmann Institute researchers have discovered a protein that prunes nerve endings, regulating sensitivity to pain

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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

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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

MRI brain scans of mice with Gaucher disease Type III. The scan of a mouse that received the new treatment (left) shows a significant reduction in tissue inflammation (blue) compared to an untreated mouse (right)

Improving the Recipe for Gene Therapy

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A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking

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