Life Sciences

Dr. Eran Elinav

Dr. Eran Elinav

11.05.2015

Personalized Medicine, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Dr. Eran Elinav

cytoskeleton structure

Just a Twist to the Right

11.05.2015

Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

The growth of cellular “skeletons” reveals a clear directional pattern

Two neonatal cardiomyocytes (stained red) undergoing cell division after treatment with NRG1. From the work of Prof. Eldad Tzahor

Heart Cells Regenerated in Mice

13.04.2015

Molecular and Cell Biology

When a heart attack strikes, heart muscle cells die and scar tissue forms, paving the way for heart failure. Cardiovascular diseases are a major...

Immortalized cells, left, pretreated with a drug that blocks the ERK signal, and right, without the pretreatment. Top cells are untreated, while the bottom ones are stimulated

To Stop Cancer: Block its Messages

30.03.2015

Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists identify a potential drug molecule that stops cancer cells, but not healthy ones, from getting their “mail”

Gene expression of schizophrenia-related genes. 1,028 genes with very similar expression profiles are shown, one to a row, and 480 samples are arrayed in the columns. Red-to-blue shows the strength of the gene's expression level, red being stronger

When Genes Conspire to Cause Disease

16.03.2015

Brain & Behavior

New research reveals a cluster of genetic “typos” that may increase the risk of schizophrenia

Prof. Lea Eisenbach

Cold War against Cancer

11.03.2015

Combining two innovative treatments might help keep cancer from spreading

handshake illustration: Lee Zakai

Nice to Sniff You: Handshakes May Engage Our Sense of Smell

03.03.2015

Brain & Behavior

People sniff their hands twice as much after a handshake, according to a Weizmann Institute study

Activity of a glucose-manufacturing gene in mouse liver tissue, viewed under a fluorescence microscope. A high concentration of mRNA (red dots) reveals that this activity is highest near a blood vessel (PP) that bathes the tissue in oxygen-rich blood, essential for glucose manufacture

Bursting with Activity

01.03.2015

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Fits and spurts of gene expression help the liver cope with change

A metastatic breast cancer cell under a fluorescent microscope.

Victory in Numbers

23.02.2015

Cancer, Genetics

The discovery of a new breast cancer gene holds hope for treatment

Tobacco mosaic virus

This Day in Science History: The discovery of viruses – “the filterable agents”(12/2/1892)

12.02.2015

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Plants and Agriculture, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology

On 12/2/1892, the first evidence for the existence of viruses was presented: Dimitri Ivanovsky, a young Russian scientist, suggested before the...

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