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A Genetic Test for Aging

10.07.2018
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Stem Cells
How do the mutations that accumulate in our blood cells affect our health in later years?
Fluorite. Credit: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

Nanocrystals Give MRI a New Shine

28.06.2018
Molecular and Cell Biology, Nanoscience, Organic Chemistry, Yeda Technology Transfer
A “crazy idea” for using fluoride nanocrystals as magnetic resonance tracers could lead to new clinical imaging methods
Microscope image of a yeast cell showing how close mitochondria (red) are to peroxisomes (blue) and the contact sites that hold them together (green)

Tethered in the Cell

25.06.2018
Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Weizmann researchers identify new ties between the parts of a cell: physical connections that are vital for health
cell cultures grown at different densities

Game of Clones: Team Huddles for T Cells

21.06.2018
Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology
When helper T cells get together, they plan an immune strategy for the long and the short term 
ants looking for the exit

Recalculating the Route: The Ant Version

14.06.2018
Theoretical Physics, Life Sciences, Evolution and Development, Earth Sciences, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A simple mathematical model explains how ants overcome obstacles in their path
(l-r) Hisham Mazal, Dr. Inbal Riven, Prof. Gilad Haran, Menahem Pirchi and Yoav Barak

Random Acts of Enzyme-ness

04.06.2018
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Structural Biology
An ultrahigh time-resolution study of biological machinery reveals never-before-seen details of molecular dynamics  
Der Körper weiß es am besten: Ein natürlicher Heilmechanismus für entzündliche Darmerkrankungen

Der Körper weiß es am besten: Ein natürlicher Heilmechanismus für entzündliche Darmerkrankungen

30.05.2018
Cancer
Die Behandlung entzündlicher Darmerkrankungen ist extrem schwierig: Gene, Darmmikroben und gestörte Immunfunktionen tragen alle dazu bei.
Cross-section of the inner lining of a human gut adjacent to a cancerous tumor

Body Knows Best: A Natural Healing Mechanism for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

30.05.2018
Biochemistry, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
The findings suggest that boosting signals in certain cells and not in others might even help treat colon cancer 
gigatons of carbon

In a New Biomass Census, Trees Rule the Planet

22.05.2018
Planetary Science, Evolution and Development, Environment, Plants and Agriculture
The study reveals, among other things, our impact on the Earth’s biosphere
biofilm

Storming the Fortress: Cracking the Concrete Surrounding Bacterial Biofilms

21.05.2018
Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Weizmann Institute of Science researchers suggest a way to breach barriers to antibiotics

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