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Sticking Together to Thwart Cancer

Sticking Together to Thwart Cancer

01.05.1997
Molecular and Cell Biology
Neighborliness among cells can prevent cancer
A Cancer Pioneer

A Cancer Pioneer

01.05.1997
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Prof. Leo Sachs' research has formed the basis of amniocentisis, led to a treatment to boost white blood cells, and demonstrated the reversal of...
Science Without Frontiers: Putting the Brain to Work

Science Without Frontiers: Putting the Brain to Work

01.05.1997
Brain & Behavior
Neurobiologists and mathematicians join forces to unravel the riddle of object recognition
Cop 1 (Copaxone®): The Story of a Drug

Cop 1 (Copaxone®): The Story of a Drug

01.05.1997
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Nearly three decades after a surprising discovery, Copaxone® gets FDA approval for the treatment of MS
High Salt, High Hopes, High Tech

High Salt, High Hopes, High Tech

01.05.1997
Biochemistry
Dunaliella, a hardy alga that thrives in the Dead Sea, could be a potential biochemical factory
Discovery Sheds Light on Increasing Bacterial Drug Resistance

Discovery Sheds Light on Increasing Bacterial Drug Resistance

01.04.1997
Biochemistry
REHOVOT, Israel -- April 1, 1997 -- In a study that throws new light on the alarming phenomenon of increasing bacterial drug resistance, researchers...
Key Step in Activating Immune System Discovered

Key Step in Activating Immune System Discovered

06.02.1997
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
REHOVOT, Israel - February 6, 1997 - A gene that plays a key role in activating the immune system -- and perhaps also in spurring on the human...
Pacman in the Brain: Protein Chews up Vital Memory Chemical

Pacman in the Brain: Protein Chews up Vital Memory Chemical

01.02.1997
Brain & Behavior
What does the human brain have in common with a popular video game and a carnivorous flower? At least one thing, it turns out. A team from Israel's...
New Drug for Multiple Sclerosis Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

New Drug for Multiple Sclerosis Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

23.12.1996
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
REHOVOT, Israel -- December 23, 1996 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the approval of the Israeli drug copolymer-1, to...
Potential Weight-Loss Drug May Be Linked to Adult Diabetes

Potential Weight-Loss Drug May Be Linked to Adult Diabetes

15.11.1996
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
REHOVOT, Israel -- November 15, 1996 -- Leptin, the protein that made headlines two years ago when it was found to reduce obesity in mice, may be a...

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