Life Sciences

A pancreas containing two populations of cells. The red cells synthesize microRNAs while the green ones don’t. Image from the lab of Dr. Eran Hornstein

How do Tiny RNA Molecules Call the Shots?

30.08.2010

Biochemistry, Genetics

MicroRNAs may be a missing factor in a number of baffling diseases.

Lymphatic system of an adult zebrafish, from the lab of Dr. Karina Yaniv

How Does a Body Evolve from Two Cells?

30.08.2010

Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Genetics

It has been called a mystery and a miracle. It is truly a process so complex that we’re just beginning to tease apart the series of events that...

Fluorescent microscope photo of mouse cortical nerve cells (neurons) in culture infected with lentiviruses that express green fluorescent protein. From the lab of Dr. Alon Chen

How Does the Brain Take Shape?

30.08.2010

Brain & Behavior, Genetics

What genetic and neural mechanisms give rise to our personality? Which fine tune our sexual behavior? What code programs a mother’s love or our...

It All Depends

It All Depends

16.08.2010

Biochemistry, Genetics

"Helper" proteins can make the difference between a disastrous mutation and one that might even be an improvement

Hannah Esther Angel Kaman. Sucessful pregnancy

Life-Giving Research

11.08.2010

Cancer, Evolution and Development, Fertility, Benefiting Humanity

Once in a while, a finding can change lives almost immediately

(l-r) Dan Bracha, Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv, Dr. Shirley Daube and Dr. Amnon Buxboim. Close quarters

Crowd Control

08.08.2010

Biochemistry, Genetics, Nanoscience, Materials Science

Weizmann Institute scientists provide new tools to realistically manipulate genes in lab experiments. It might prove to be an essential step...

New Invention at the Weizmann Institute Enables Severely Disabled People to Communicate and Steer a Wheelchair by Sniffing

New Invention at the Weizmann Institute Enables Severely Disabled People to Communicate and Steer a Wheelchair by Sniffing

27.07.2010

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A unique device based on sniffing – inhaling and exhaling through the nose – might enable numerous disabled people to navigate wheelchairs or...

Brave Brains: Neural Mechanisms of Courage

Brave Brains: Neural Mechanisms of Courage

24.06.2010

Brain & Behavior

A fascinating new study combines snakes with brain imaging in order to uncover neural mechanisms associated with ‘courage’. (Press release by the...

(l-r) Gilad Landan, Dr. Amos Tanay and Rami Jaschek. New targets for treatment

Found in the Desert

02.05.2010

Cancer, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Cancer-enhancing DNA may reside in a surprising part of the genome

(l-r) Marco Cortesi, Dr. Rachel Chechik, Prof. Amos Breskin and Dr. Sana Shilstein. Using medical intelligence

Capturing Cancer

01.05.2010

A new approach to diagnosing prostate cancer could improve outcomes

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Illustration by Yael Leibovitch and Simone Dell’Ariccia

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

Dendrites that developed in a tin battery, seen under an electronic microscope. Source: Shakked Schwartz and Ayan Maity

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Weizmann Institute of Science Moves to 100% Green Electricity

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We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

Weizmann Institute of Science Moves to 100% Green Electricity

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