Molecular and Cell Biology

(l-r) Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, Dr. Wangxia Wang, Prof. David Wallach, Tehila Ben Moshe and Dr. Tae Bong Kang. Resisting death

Dying to Live

01.05.2005

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

A cell "death" gene may also be crucial for cellular life

Dr. Yitzhak Pilpel. Gene team

Send in the Substitutes

01.05.2005

Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

If gene activities were football games, the substitute players would come from the nearest basketball team

Backups for the Gene Team

Backups for the Gene Team

01.03.2005

Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Weizmann Institute Scientists discover how substitutions are made for injured genes

A New

A New "Strategic Partner" in Cancer Development

01.03.2005

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Research answers question: Why do nerve cell bundles “camp” near the invasive front of colon cancer tumors?

Molecule Mechanic

Molecule Mechanic

01.10.2004

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

Attaching a microscopic bead to a four-way DNA junction enables scientists to catch a molecular motor in action

Dr. Uri Alon. Cell circuits

Living Digitally

01.10.2004

Space & Physics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Glowing eerily in the lab, molecular “traffic lights” reveal a sophisticated, living information-processing system

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 1: MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 1: MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION

01.09.2004

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

Contrary to popular belief, getting cancer is not so easy.

Introduction

Introduction

01.09.2004

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

A new era is dawning in the battle against cancer. In the more than 30 years that have elapsed since U.S. President Richard Nixon “declared war” on...

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 2: TUMOR GROWTH

TAKING ACTION AT STEP 2: TUMOR GROWTH

01.09.2004

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics, Structural Biology

Even after a malignant transformation has occurred, the budding tumor is a microscopic lump that doesn’t do much harm until it begins to expand...

Models of Cancer

Models of Cancer

01.09.2004

Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Scientists say that the mouse is the workhorse of modern biology

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Shedding Light on the Dark Hours

Credit: Coleen Murphy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Cracking the Code of a Worm's Throat

“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

Burning Cancer’s Bridges

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“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions

A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking