Molecular and Cell Biology

Call in the Taste Tailors

Call in the Taste Tailors

20.08.2003

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

Why taste and smell differ among individuals – and how industry may profit “De gustibus non est disputandum” is a popular saying, conveying that...

Newly Uncovered Genes

Newly Uncovered Genes

01.05.2003

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

Two newly-discovered genes could help scientists understand how cancer progresses and the genetic basis of anemia

Back (l-r): Students Nadav Kashtan, Ron Milo and Shalev Itzkovitz. Front: Dr. Uri Alon. Nature’s motifs

Networking Naturally

01.05.2003

Molecular and Cell Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Some patterns repeat themselves in all sorts of natural networks, from genes to food chains

Forty-year-old theory promoted to fact

Forty-year-old theory promoted to fact

24.10.2002

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

‘TWIN SISTER’ MECHANISM PREVENTS FORMATION OF GENETIC MUTATIONS

Daughter cells struggling in vain to break apart

Crossing the Divide

01.10.2002

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Mother cells sometimes have trouble letting go

Emulsion for rapid gene analysis

Natural Selection in the Lab

01.10.2002

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Why does nature choose some proteins over others?

Dr. Ronen Alon. Taking the right exit

Looking for Trouble

01.10.2002

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

A system that simulates blood flow reveals "traffic laws" for white blood cells

Scientists Identify A Gene Causing A Fatal Heart Condition, Common In An Israeli Bedouin Tribe

Scientists Identify A Gene Causing A Fatal Heart Condition, Common In An Israeli Bedouin Tribe

04.05.2002

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

A team of researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Sheba Medical Center has identified a gene causing polymorphic ventricular...

Dr. Uri Alon.

Cell Wizardry

01.05.2002

Molecular and Cell Biology

Scientists are probing the computational feats performed by the living cell

Dr. Atan Gross.

Death of a Cell

01.05.2002

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

There is a fine line between life and death in the microscopic world of the cell

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