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Instead of Fighting Cancer Resistance, Put It to Work

29.12.2025

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

Three resistance mutations identified in Prof. Yardena Samuels’s lab may become targets for powerful new immunotherapies

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Resurrected Tissue

24.12.2025

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Newly discovered molecular mechanism may help prevent cancer from returning

The “ticking” of a circadian clock inside a human cell over the course of 24 hours. A fluorescent marker allows scientists to tell “what time it is” at any given moment

New Study Reveals that Sex Hormones Reset Our Body Clocks

22.12.2025

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology

The findings may shed new light on disruptions to the circadian clocks during menstruation, pregnancy and menopause

A fluorescent microscope image of the biochip with its numerous minuscule compartments, each presenting a different antigen – making it possible to simultaneously test the interactions of all these antigens with a human antibody

The Biochip Built for the Next Pandemic

11.12.2025

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Technology & Applications, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new tool could help prepare us for the next viral threat

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From the Volcanic Crater to the Lab: A Lesson in Survival

25.11.2025

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

Weizmann Institute researchers discover how organisms thrive at temperatures above 80 degrees Celsius

Human lung cancer tissue under a microscope. The enzymes (yellow) that unmask the immune-activating molecules are found near the TREM2 receptors (red) of the tumor-assisting macrophages. This targeted unmasking can prevent damage to healthy tissues

Turning the Tumor’s Shield into a Sword

19.11.2025

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

A new class of immune-activating molecules awakens anti-tumor immunity by targeting the tumor’s own defenses

A bacterial cell (elongated shape in the center) inside a glioblastoma tumor cell, as seen through an electron microscope. The black dots within the bacterium are engineered antibodies carrying gold particles that bind specifically to a component found only in bacterial cell envelopes and not in human cells

Bacteria on the Brain

14.11.2025

Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann researchers, together with Beilinson and Rambam physicians, reveal that diverse bacteria reside within brain tumors, potentially affecting...

An aerial view of Latham Island, more than 40 kilometers off the Tanzanian coast and measuring roughly 0.05 square kilometers. Drone photos: Shaked Palgi

Out of the Lab and into Nature: Going to the Ends of the Earth to Better Understand the Brain

16.10.2025

Brain & Behavior, Evolution and Development

Weizmann Institute scientists traveled all the way to a desert island off the coast of East Africa to record – for the very first time – the brain...

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Avoiding Loss: A Neural Key to Anxiety and PTSD

30.09.2025

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists and Ichilov physicians used intracranial electrodes to reveal how the brain amplifies the risk of loss – and how this...

The developing brain of a two-week-old mouse pup under the microscope. The oxytocin system appears in green, the light-sensitive protein in red and cells that carry both show up in yellow. Cell nuclei are in blue

Shining a Light on the Developing Brain: How Parental Separation Shapes Us

17.09.2025

Brain & Behavior, Genetics

A new Weizmann Institute technology uncovers a neural mechanism that governs infant-parent bonding – and may help explain emotional differences...

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A portion of the mouse hypothalamus reveals that the protein made by the Otp gene (green) is expressed in all the neurons (red) that drive hunger – and the combined color is therefore yellow. It was known that in the developing brain, Otp is needed for the generation of these neurons. The study found that during adulthood, Otp is crucial for causing these neurons to express AgRP, a major hunger-promoting substance

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