Molecular and Cell Biology

Scientists Discover Enzymes Capable of Duplicating Damaged Genetic Material, Creating New Mutations

Scientists Discover Enzymes Capable of Duplicating Damaged Genetic Material, Creating New Mutations

16.11.2000

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Potential applications of this Weizmann Institute discovery include suppressing the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and reconstructing...

Prof. Yoram Groner in his lab, as seen by cartoonist Michel Kishka

Genome Races

01.10.2000

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

Weizmann Institute contributions to the Human Genome Project are helping unravel the cause of Down syndorme

Protein Teamwork Do or Die

Protein Teamwork Do or Die

01.10.2000

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

To live, we all must die a little every day

Dr. Shirley Horn-Saban

Chipping Away at the Gene Code

01.10.2000

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

Now at the Institute: DNA chips

Prof. Leo Sachs

To Find Cures for Cancer

01.10.2000

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

Nearly fifty years of research have taught Prof. Leo Sachs to expect the unexpected

The origin of life, as shown by a simulated model based on lipid evolution

Down to the Origins

01.10.2000

Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

A new model suggests that life may have originated in lipid assemblies

Prof. Michal Neeman

Cancer under Siege

02.09.2000

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

A novel technique allows for the selective destruction of a malignant growth without damage to healthy tissue.

Scientists At The Weizmann Institute Propose A New Theory To The Mystery Of The Origin Of Life

Scientists At The Weizmann Institute Propose A New Theory To The Mystery Of The Origin Of Life

05.06.2000

Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Prof. Doron Lancet of the Molecular Genetics Department and his students, developed a model, suggesting a new route for the origin of...

Careful actin regulation keeps the cell in shape

Shooting the Messenger

01.05.2000

Molecular and Cell Biology

How an essential cellular protein regulates its own levels

Prof. Irith Ginzburg.

Alzheimer's and the Wheel

01.05.2000

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

A faulty wheel in nerve cell "carriages" might be responsible for tangled axons in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

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