Life Sciences

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

Dr. Uri Alon. Cell circuits

Living Digitally

01.10.2004

Space & Physics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Glowing eerily in the lab, molecular “traffic lights” reveal a sophisticated, living information-processing system

A Rose by Any Other Name

A Rose by Any Other Name

01.10.2004

Brain & Behavior

Do we all see the same rose -- or the same movie?

Prof. Ron Naaman. Electrons in a co-op

Going Magnetic

01.10.2004

Space & Physics, Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior, Chemistry

How do films lacking any magnetic materials behave magnetically?

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

Drs. Dan Tawfik and Amir Aharoni. Pondering PON

Discriminating Protein

01.10.2004

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Why are some people less prone to heart disease or neuronal damage? An elusive protein named PON might be the answer

Israeli Scientists Reveal the Plan of a Key Cellular Machine

Israeli Scientists Reveal the Plan of a Key Cellular Machine

10.09.2004

Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology

The new study gives scientists insight into how the DNA code is turned into instructions for protein construction

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 1: MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 1: MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION

01.09.2004

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

Contrary to popular belief, getting cancer is not so easy.

Introduction

Introduction

01.09.2004

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

A new era is dawning in the battle against cancer. In the more than 30 years that have elapsed since U.S. President Richard Nixon “declared war” on...

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 2: TUMOR GROWTH

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 2: TUMOR GROWTH

01.09.2004

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

Even after a malignant transformation has occurred, the budding tumor is a microscopic lump that doesn’t do much harm until it begins to expand...

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Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away

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Prof. Ada Yonath, Nobel Laureate and a Model of Scientific Perseverance, Has Passed Away

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