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Living with Salt

Living with Salt

06.07.2005
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology
Scientists link algae salt tolerance to human kidney function. Life thrives in all sorts of hostile environments, including the extreme salinity of...
The Fat Connection

The Fat Connection

21.06.2005
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science and in Sweden discover how excess body fat can lead to the onset of diabetes  
Triple Treatment Keeps Cancer from Coming Back

Triple Treatment Keeps Cancer from Coming Back

07.06.2005
Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
How do the cancer cells manage to circumvent the blockade put up by an anti-EGFR antibody? A new study discovere what happens to cancer cells...
In the Loop

In the Loop

17.05.2005
Brain & Behavior
A Weizmann Institute study finds that signals travel from a rat’s whiskers to its brain along three separate pathways  
Embryonic Law and Order

Embryonic Law and Order

01.05.2005
Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics
A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals how fruit fly embryos impose order in early development    
Side Effects

Side Effects

01.05.2005
Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology
A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science has shown exactly why a new drug that’s been proven effective against colon cancer has...
Researchers find new method for mapping gene expression in MRI

Researchers find new method for mapping gene expression in MRI

01.05.2005
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
New findings show an iron storage molecule in the cell can serve as an advanced tool for mapping gene expression. Future gene therapy may use a...
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
Dr. Eldad Tzahor. Molecular crosstalk

Making a Heart

01.05.2005
Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development
A young cell’s neighbors help it decide what to be
(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

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