Life Sciences

Shooting The Messenger

Shooting The Messenger

13.02.2000

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

The age-old appeal to avoid 'shooting the messenger' is apparently left unheeded by the body's protein regulation system. Researchers at the...

The Ins And Outs Of Acetylcholine

The Ins And Outs Of Acetylcholine

13.02.2000

Brain & Behavior

A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute and France's Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) has recently shown that the...

Weizmann Institute Scientists Devise an Approach For 'Recruiting' an Immune System Response to Partial Spinal Cord Injuries

Weizmann Institute Scientists Devise an Approach For 'Recruiting' an Immune System Response to Partial Spinal Cord Injuries

01.02.2000

Brain & Behavior, Immunology

Several years ago, a team of Weizmann researchers found that immune cells known as macrophages may be 'recruited' to encourage repair and renewed...

X-ray radiation from a synchrotron source can rapidly damage, in a very specific way, the structure of a protein, as seen by X-ray crystallography. The four images represent a series of electron density maps collected from the same protein crystal. Protein degradation is indicated by the disappearance of the disulfide bond (yellow bar, surrounded by empty blue cage) linking the carbon chains (white balls). These images represent the first-ever recording of experimentally-induced chemical bond breakage usin

Weizmann Institute Scientists Capture The First-Ever 3D Visualization Of How Molecules Break Apart When Exposed To X-Rays

27.01.2000

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Structural Biology

Their findings may yield future measures for preventing radiation-induced health damages.

Functional MRI Will Enable Non-Invasive Visualization of brain Cortical Columns

Functional MRI Will Enable Non-Invasive Visualization of brain Cortical Columns

25.01.2000

Space & Physics, Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The accomplishment by Minnesota scientists, based on information gathered through optical imaging techniques innovated by Weizmann Institute...

Blood Test For Schizophrenia

Blood Test For Schizophrenia

17.01.2000

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A relatively simple blood test for diagnosing the mental illness schizophrenia has been proposed by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science...

New Understanding Of A Key Control Mechanism In The Brain

New Understanding Of A Key Control Mechanism In The Brain

13.01.2000

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute findings could provide new insights into a wide range of neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, autism, and...

X-Rays May Show The Way To Better Alzheimer's Drugs

X-Rays May Show The Way To Better Alzheimer's Drugs

27.12.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists have elucidated the means by which a plant substance blocks a key brain enzyme involved in Alzheimer's disease....

Protein Teamwork Drives Damaged Cells To Self-Destruct

Protein Teamwork Drives Damaged Cells To Self-Destruct

12.12.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have recently deciphered part of the cellular events underlying apoptosis -- programmed cell death....

Key Progress by Weizmann Scientists in the Race to Unravel Ribosomal Structure

Key Progress by Weizmann Scientists in the Race to Unravel Ribosomal Structure

07.12.1999

A team of Weizmann Institute and Max-Planck Society scientists has determined the structure of the small ribosomal subunit at the highest...

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