Molecular and Cell Biology

Left to right: Drs. Nili Avidan, Tzviya Olender and Edna Ben-Asher.

Heart Gene Hunt

01.05.2002

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

Scientists identify a gene causing a familial heart condition in a Bedouin community

A Trillion Computers In A Drop Of Water

A Trillion Computers In A Drop Of Water

22.11.2001

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

Scientists build a nanoscale computing machine using biological molecules

Prof. Talila Volk with Ayala (22) and Naama (17)

What's a Cell to Do?

01.11.2001

Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

In its earliest stages of development, the embryo consists of a small number of cells. As these cells divide and multiply, the embryo grows. But how...

Dr. Elior Peles with Guy (10), Rom (9), and Ely (5)

Takeoffs and Landings

01.11.2001

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

Dr. Elior Peles of the Weizmann Institute's Molecular Cell Biology Department has discovered a group of proteins that mediate the interactions...

DNA strand unzipped

Genetic Loops

01.10.2001

Space & Physics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Tackling a 30-year riddle, a new study by Institute scientists probes DNA "unzipping"

Israeli Scientists Discover Gene Responsible For Hereditary Muscle Disease Prevalent Among Jews Of Persian Descent

Israeli Scientists Discover Gene Responsible For Hereditary Muscle Disease Prevalent Among Jews Of Persian Descent

27.08.2001

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

Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and from Hadassah University Hospital have identified the gene that in its mutated form causes a...

Step by step documentation of "midwife"-assisted amoeba reproduction

Physicist and Biologist Looking for Midwife

01.05.2001

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology

Weizmann Institute scientists discover: Amoebas use "midwives" to reproduce

Prof. Abraham Amsterdam

Curbing the Clock

01.05.2001

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Fertility, Genetics

By eavesdropping on ovarian cells, Weizmann Institute scientists hope to aid late-age pregnancies.

Prof. Adi Kimchi

Life-Yielding Deaths

01.05.2001

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Weizmann scientists reveal a gene for activating a suicide program in cells that are on their way to becoming cancerous

Prof. Jeffrey Gerst (left) and Michael Marash

The Secrets of Secretion

01.05.2001

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Studies of secretion in yeast cells yield insight into human disease processes

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