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Mouths Wide Shut: How Cellular Cleaning Out Is Kept in Check

03.06.2024
Structural Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development
Autophagic organelles found to actively restrict the size of their mouths
Researchers used color-coded proteins to reveal the identity of the cells in the organoids they produced. In four organoids that simulate the embryo’s central nervous system, the magenta marks proteins associated with the development of the forebrain and the midbrain, the green, the hindbrain and the red, the center of the spinal cord

From Tip to Tail

01.06.2024
Brain & Behavior, Stem Cells, Evolution and Development, Genetics
Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Weizmann Institute develop the first-ever complete central nervous system on a chip; it...
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Bacteria against Mutants

28.05.2024
Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development
A bacterial model helps reveal how our bodies prevent population explosions – and cancer
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Fish under the Influence Reveal How Psychedelics Work

21.04.2024
Brain & Behavior
A Weizmann Institute method for tracking the effects of drugs on zebrafish may help develop improved therapies for depression and other mood-related...
AI Flexes Its Muscles

AI Flexes Its Muscles

11.04.2024
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology
A machine learning model sheds new light on muscle development
Social Hierarchy: Even for Mice, It’s Complicated

Social Hierarchy: Even for Mice, It’s Complicated

03.04.2024
Brain & Behavior
Studying wild mice in near-natural conditions reveals different strategies used by females and males in forming social hierarchies
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Fungus vs. Fungus: Newly Identified Yeast Might Prevent Life-Threatening Fungal Infections

18.03.2024
Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
The novel yeast works by outcompeting rivals, Weizmann Institute study suggests
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How Does a Bacterium Know It’s Time?

08.03.2024
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms
Scientists were split on the issue of cell division; a statistical study heals the rift
(l-r) Dr. Anat Bahat and Prof. Rivka Dikstein

Toward a Treatment for Huntington’s Disease

26.02.2024
Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered two small molecules that can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice, slowing and even reversing the...
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Proteins without Parents

14.02.2024
Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Evolution and Development
Using three AI protein prediction tools, a Chinese-Israeli study uncovers new wrinkles in the folding story of “orphan” proteins

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Shedding Light on the Dark Hours

Credit: Coleen Murphy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Cracking the Code of a Worm's Throat

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Burning Cancer’s Bridges

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