Life Sciences

Folded, but Not Insolvent

Folded, but Not Insolvent

26.08.2020

Structural Biology, Biochemistry

Could protein segments be more “exposed” when they’re folded?

TOOKAD

Shining a Light on Laser-Based Therapy

24.08.2020

Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Researchers reveal early response of tumor vessels to anti-cancer therapy

Two-photon microscope image of a direction-selective cell in a mouse retina (the cell and its dendritic tree are in red) and the starburst (green) cells surrounding that mediate the computation of motion direction

Changing Direction

18.08.2020

Brain & Behavior

Direction-selection cells in the retina can flip their orientations

Having Their Fortress and Leaving It Too

Having Their Fortress and Leaving It Too

18.08.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms

Humble amyloids have many uses – for bacteria, at least – aiding both migration and antibiotic resistance

Reprogrammed cells: β cells expressing insulin (green) and the closely related δ cells expressing somatostatin (red). Blue staining shows cell nuclei. Many reprogrammed cells contain two nuclei (a unique feature of some exocrine cells) demonstrating their exocrine cell origin

No REST for Beta Cells

18.08.2020

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Why is reprogramming cells to cure diabetes so difficult?

pain response

Targeting a Chronic Pain Gateway Could Bring Relief

14.08.2020

Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new approach to chronic pain treatment targets a molecule that moves pain messages into nerve cell nuclei

One-Sided Memories and Sleep

One-Sided Memories and Sleep

03.08.2020

Brain & Behavior

A unique sleep experiment to uncover brain activity comes up smelling of roses

pregnant belly with mask on

Not Just Infection: Pregnant Women’s Immune Response to a Virus May Affect Fetal Brain Cells

30.07.2020

Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms

In a study in mice, the mother’s natural anti-viral proteins disrupted the development of neural circuits in the fetus

contract sign

Weizmann Institute of Science and Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Clalit Health Services to Collaborate

30.07.2020

Life Sciences, Personalized Medicine

The two aim to establish the Schneider-Weizmann Center for Research on Child and Adult Health

When the NXF1 gene functions properly (left), RNA molecules (orange dots) of a particular single-exon gene are exported from the nucleus (purple) into the cytoplasm; when the NXF1 is silenced (right), the RNAs are largely stuck within the nucleus

Two Roads Diverged in a Cell

28.07.2020

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Cells use two separate routes to export RNA out of the nucleus

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Couples Therapy

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Crystals in zebrafish eye

A Secret Recipe for Colorful and Versatile Animal Crystals

Photo credit: NASA

Stormy Findings and Hot Discoveries

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The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions

A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking

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