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Peeling Back the Layers of Brain Tumors

29.08.2024
Brain & Behavior, Cancer
Weizmann scientists have mapped common types of brain tumors at unprecedented resolution – and identified a possible reason why some patients fail to...
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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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