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Without the c-Kit gene, colon cancer cells grow in a disorderly, aggregated manner and are invasive (A); when c-Kit expression is restored in these cells, they revert to a more normal organization (B)

The Double Life of a Cancer Gene

15.09.2013

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

A cancer-causing gene can prevent the deadly spread of a tumor at a later point in malignancy

(l-r) Profs. Dmitry Novikov and Sergei Yakovenko, and Dr. Gal Binyamini. Illustration: Gil Gibli

The 16th Problem

08.09.2013

Institute mathematicians stretch a solution to an outstanding problem to the “limit”

“Deregulation scores” of hundreds of brain tumor patients: Each row corresponds to a pathway (that is, a biochemical process), and each column to a sample taken from a patient. Every colored spot stands for a number – the value of the “deregulation score” of the corresponding pathway, as determined for a particular patient. Dark blue stands for the activity of the pathway in normal brain tissue, whereas dark red indicates a high level of deviation from normal behavior. The clearly distinct group of normal b

The Path to Personalized Prognosis

13.05.2013

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A new approach to personalized cancer therapy profiles a tumor by its biological pathways

Dr. Frida Belinky

Noncoding Sequences Get Equal Listing

07.05.2013

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A greatly expanded database will give scientists around the world a powerful new tool for life sciences research

Yeast cell atlas: image by Michal Breker

An Atlas for Cells

08.04.2013

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A new map of protein routes in the cell holds some surprises for researchers

Prof. Shafi Goldwasser

Turing Award to the Weizmann Institute’s Shafi Goldwasser for Advances that Revolutionized the Science of Cryptography

13.03.2013

Math & Computer Science, Encryption/Decryption

The Award was given for Innovations that became the gold standard for enabling secure internet transactions Goldwasser is the third member of the...

Dr. Jasmin Fisher

Making Sense of a Complex Situation

24.02.2013

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Dr. Jasmin Fisher’s computer models reveal how cells make decisions

(l-r) Dr. Tuval Ben Yehezkel, Prof. Ehud Shapiro and Tamir Biezuner

A Proofreader for DNA

14.02.2013

Biochemistry, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Programmable devices made of biological molecules can identify exact DNA sequences in living cells

NOR logic gate. If two transcriptionfactors are missing, green light is emitted

A Genetic Device Performs DNA Diagnosis

07.02.2013

Biochemistry, Math & Computer Science

A biological device made of DNA inserted into a bacterial cell works like a tiny diagnostic computer

Prof. Vered Rom-Kedar

A Fragile Equilibrium

16.12.2012

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A mathematical model may lead to safer chemotherapy

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