Life Sciences

Left: Natural control mechanism blocks the enzyme's zinc active site. Right: Novel antibody works as effectively as the natural control mechanism

Immune System Tricks

19.03.2012

Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

A synthetic molecule causes a useful immune response in mice

Wild type yeast cells (l) exhibit changes in the membrane pump proteins under different nutrient conditions, while yeast engineered to avoid repressing one transporter type (r) show no change

Doubly Prepared

19.03.2012

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Why do cells keep two pump systems for nutrient uptake?

Prof. Gideon Schreiber

Meetings in the Cell

11.03.2012

A new technique enables researchers to watch as proteins interact inside living cells

Prof. Yosef Yarden, Dr. Wolfgang Köstler, Amit Zeisel and Prof. Eytan Domany

Production Overshoot

11.03.2012

Space & Physics, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Bits of gene code that are normally discarded have found a surprising new use in research

Mouse cell lineage tree. Oocytes are in red, bone marrow stem cells in yellow, demonstrating that the two form separate clusters with only a distant relationship

Lineage Trees Reveal Cells’ Histories

23.02.2012

Biochemistry, Stem Cells, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A new method is helping to resolve controversies and answer some open questions in biology.

Neuron cover

A Unique ON-OFF Switch for the Stress Response

23.02.2012

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology

Both parts of the mechanism – ON and OFF receptors – are encoded in the same gene.

European Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure Launching

European Integrated Structural Biology Infrastructure Launching

23.02.2012

Biochemistry, Structural Biology

The Weizmann Institute is one of seven Instruct Core Centres

Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover How Cells Brace for Starvation

Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover How Cells Brace for Starvation

22.02.2012

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Why do cells have two different pump mechanisms for nutrients?

Electron microscope image of an effector cell inserting several appendages through endothelial cell membranes

Hidden Passage

30.01.2012

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

Hidden “exit signs” ensure that only certain white blood cells can find them.

Prof. Irun Cohen, DiaPep 227 developer

Phase III Clinical Trials of Diabetes Treatment

30.01.2012

Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Biotechnology

Initial results show higher pancreas function after two years of treatment

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