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moving cells

Frustrated and Going in Circles

20.12.2018
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Nanoscience, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A model of collective movement that makes some members more ready to move than others helps explain how cells migrate in the body
stretched blood vessels

It’s a Stretch: Giving Direction to Blood Vessels

13.12.2018
Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Technology, Biotechnology
Scientists from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science reveal the mechanical forces that influence the...
MeCP2 and neurons

The Importins of Anxiety

11.12.2018
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior
The discovery of a new neural mechanism underlying anxiety points to possible treatments
Amit

Profiling a Killer in Warm Blood

06.12.2018
Cancer, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Israeli scientists and physicians develop a new technology for profiling the unique genetic makeup of myeloma tumor cells that will allow better...
Medicinal Chemistry

The Weizmann Institute of Science establishes the Dr. Barry Sherman Institute for Medicinal Chemistry

04.12.2018
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Chemistry, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
The Institute will fund innovative research on compounds that hold promise for becoming therapies for a range of human diseases and...
spiegel_neurons

Where Inside and Outside Meet in the Brain

03.12.2018
Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology
A unique neural circuit in the cortex controls how internal states affect our ability to learn from outside experience
TB binding structure

FAS Track to Fighting Antibiotic-Resistant TB

26.11.2018
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Solving the structure of a multi-enzyme bacterial complex may help antibiotics do their job against the deadly disease 
villi

Crypt to Tip: Migrating Gut Cells Adapt to Their Locations

22.11.2018
Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics
Short-lived cells in the small intestine take on new functions as they move up finger-like projections called villi
cholesterol crystals

The Killer Crystal

13.11.2018
Biochemistry, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology
How does a helpful substance like cholesterol turn deadly? 
migrating cells

The Migration of the Undead

08.11.2018
Biochemistry, Cancer, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development
Sub-lethal levels of a “self-destruct” enzyme hold cells in place

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