Life Sciences

Bone Marrow Transplants May be Improved Due to the Uncovering of a Key Mechanism Responsible for Stem Cell Mobilization

Bone Marrow Transplants May be Improved Due to the Uncovering of a Key Mechanism Responsible for Stem Cell Mobilization

30.06.2002

Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists have uncovered a mechanism that enables stem cells to exit the bone marrow into the blood circulation of healthy...

The three predictions of protein-protein complex structures.

Weizmann Institute Scientists Successful in Global Experiment for the Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions

24.06.2002

Biochemistry, Chemistry, Structural Biology, Math & Computer Science

CAPRI (Critical Assessment of PRediction of Interactions) Challenge, an international experiment in which participants submit predictions of...

Scientists Identify A Gene Causing A Fatal Heart Condition, Common In An Israeli Bedouin Tribe

Scientists Identify A Gene Causing A Fatal Heart Condition, Common In An Israeli Bedouin Tribe

04.05.2002

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A team of researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Sheba Medical Center has identified a gene causing polymorphic ventricular...

illustration: Trillion Computers in one drop

A Trillion Computers in One Drop

01.05.2002

Biochemistry, Genetics, Chemistry, Math & Computer Science, Encryption/Decryption, Biotechnology

Trillions of microscopic biological computers vigilantly patrolling your body in search of disease? Welcome to the brave new world of computer...

Prof. Ada Yonath

Scientists Uncover the Exact Mode of Action of Five Antibiotic Drugs

01.05.2002

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

Scientists Uncover the Exact Mode of Action of Five Antibiotic Drugs

Prof. Joel Sussman, Prof. Ephraim Katzir, Prof. Sara Fuchs, Prof. Mati Fridkin. Top: Dr. Michal Harel, Dr. Moshe Balass, Dr. Tali Scherf, Dr. Roni Kasher

Biting Truths

01.05.2002

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology

Catching a snake toxin in the act may yield a host of medical applications

Prof. Irun Cohen.

Blocking Type 1 Diabetes

01.05.2002

Nutrition, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists develop the first successful vaccine for Type 1 diabetes

Prof. Gad Galili.

A Plant's Brainy Balancing Act

01.05.2002

Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Plants and Agriculture

Plants can't think, but a gene that affects crop nutritional values has a counterpart in the human brain

Dr. Uri Alon.

Cell Wizardry

01.05.2002

Molecular and Cell Biology

Scientists are probing the computational feats performed by the living cell

Dr. Atan Gross.

Death of a Cell

01.05.2002

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

There is a fine line between life and death in the microscopic world of the cell

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Dr. Omer Kneller (left) and Chen Mor direct a laser beam before it enters the experimental setup. The experiment required a powerful laser beam that could produce exceptionally short, attosecond light pulses. Photo: Noa Yaffe

Matter at the Crossroads

Staphylococcus bacteria

New Immune Mechanism Revealed in the Cellular Trash

When Proteins Go on Strike

Mouse heart tissue viewed under a microscope

A Broken Heart: Two Types of Scars, Two Paths to Healing

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New Immune Mechanism Revealed in the Cellular Trash

A Broken Heart: Two Types of Scars, Two Paths to Healing

Training Future Physician-Scientists: The Weizmann Institute Receives Approval for a New Medical School