Life Sciences

Prof. Sara Fuchs and graduate student Tal Ilani

It's in the Blood

01.05.2001

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Blood tests may be used to diagnose schizophrenia, suggest Institute scientists

Step by step documentation of "midwife"-assisted amoeba reproduction

Physicist and Biologist Looking for Midwife

01.05.2001

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology

Weizmann Institute scientists discover: Amoebas use "midwives" to reproduce

Prof. Abraham Amsterdam

Curbing the Clock

01.05.2001

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Fertility, Genetics

By eavesdropping on ovarian cells, Weizmann Institute scientists hope to aid late-age pregnancies.

Prof. Adi Kimchi

Life-Yielding Deaths

01.05.2001

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Weizmann scientists reveal a gene for activating a suicide program in cells that are on their way to becoming cancerous

Prof. Avraham Ben-Nun.

Like a Forest Fire

01.05.2001

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer

Genetically engineered "draw-fire" proteins may lead to a new treatment for autoimmune diseases

Prof. Michal Schwartz

Working with the Enemy

01.05.2001

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer

Institute scientists halt progressive eyesight loss in animals afflicted with a glaucoma-like disease

Prof. Jeffrey Gerst (left) and Michael Marash

The Secrets of Secretion

01.05.2001

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Studies of secretion in yeast cells yield insight into human disease processes

Scientists Discover Enzymes Capable of Duplicating Damaged Genetic Material, Creating New Mutations

Scientists Discover Enzymes Capable of Duplicating Damaged Genetic Material, Creating New Mutations

16.11.2000

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Potential applications of this Weizmann Institute discovery include suppressing the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and reconstructing...

Weizmann Institute Scientists Develop a Novel System for Analyzing Genetic Data that Mimics the Human Capacity for Unsupervised Learning

Weizmann Institute Scientists Develop a Novel System for Analyzing Genetic Data that Mimics the Human Capacity for Unsupervised Learning

16.10.2000

Space & Physics, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Math & Computer Science, Robotics and Machine Learning, Mathematics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Yeda Technology Transfer

New genetic research technologies, such as DNA chips, enable scientists to evaluate tissue samples from several patients simultaneously,...

Prof. Yoram Groner in his lab, as seen by cartoonist Michel Kishka

Genome Races

01.10.2000

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

Weizmann Institute contributions to the Human Genome Project are helping unravel the cause of Down syndorme

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The Short and the Long of Protein Tails

Prof. Yonina Eldar. Photo by Ronen Aharoni

Prof. Yonina Eldar Is the Recipient of the Israel Prize in Engineering

Illustration by Yael Leibovitch and Simone Dell’Ariccia

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

Dendrites that developed in a tin battery, seen under an electronic microscope. Source: Shakked Schwartz and Ayan Maity

On the Way to Building Better Batteries

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Prof. Yonina Eldar Is the Recipient of the Israel Prize in Engineering

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

Weizmann Institute of Science Moves to 100% Green Electricity