Life Sciences

Top (l-r) Dr. Smadar Eventov-Friedman, Oren Milstein, Dr. Benjamin Dekel, Dr. Elias Shezen, Dr. Helena Katchman, David Steiner, Dr. Rinat Goren. Middle (l-r): Prof. Yair Reisner, Anna Aronovich, Dr. Gil Hecht, Doreen Rosenberg, Dr. Shraga Aviner, Dr. Esther Bachar-Lustig. Bottom (l-r): Dr. Shlomit Reich-Zeliger, Lior Zangi, Dalit Tchorsh, Noga Bronitsky

Mending the Human Machine

31.08.2004

Cancer, Stem Cells, Immunology

Prof. Yair Reisner of the Weizmann Institute’s Immunology Department developed a method for successfully transplanting stem cells from the bone...

Ethics and Genetics

Ethics and Genetics

01.07.2004

Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Fertility, Genetics, Technology & Applications, Benefiting Humanity

Are Human Rights and Human Traditions Threatened by Scientific Progress?

Dr. Roy Bar-Ziv. Gene circuits

Ancient Cast - New Production

01.05.2004

Biochemistry, Genetics, Materials Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The first prototype of an artificial circuit that hooks up genes outside the cell is produced in a Weizmann lab

Prof. Eitan Reuveny. Cell talk

The Body Electric

01.05.2004

Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

How do cells open and close their communication channels? What makes life electric?

Dr. Hezi Gildor. Plankton predictions

Prince of Tides

01.05.2004

Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate, Mathematics

Population changes in tiny ocean organisms might drive weather patterns across the globe

Prof. David Harel, graduate student Sol Efroni and Prof. Irun Cohen. Survival of the fittest

Cadets

01.05.2004

Stem Cells, Immunology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Of every hundred "cadet" blood stem cells, only a select few complete the immune system’s rigorous training

Prof. David Mirelman. On target

Garlic “Smart Bomb”

01.05.2004

Biochemistry, Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The challenge: to selectively kill cancer cells while leaving healthy ones intact

Prof. Avri Ben-Ze’ev. Silence of the genes

Reversing Colon Cancer

01.05.2004

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

A protein that signals cells to stick together might help prevent, and even reverse, metastasis

Prof. Lucio Frydman. Ultrafast NMR

NMR - the Movie

01.05.2004

Space & Physics, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Chemistry

New approach captures the “heart of matter” - at record speed

Nerves, Heal Thyselves

Nerves, Heal Thyselves

01.05.2004

Injured nerves use a unique "track and engine" system to get their message to the nerve cell center

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