Molecular and Cell Biology

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

Amoebas Use 'Midwives' To Reproduce

Amoebas Use 'Midwives' To Reproduce

21.03.2000

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover: Amoebas Use 'Midwives' To Reproduce

'Biomechanical Switch' Regulates How Cells Stick Together And Communicate

'Biomechanical Switch' Regulates How Cells Stick Together And Communicate

28.02.2000

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists propose a model regulating cell adhesion -- central to embryonic development, cellular movement, and communication '...

Shooting The Messenger

Shooting The Messenger

13.02.2000

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

The age-old appeal to avoid 'shooting the messenger' is apparently left unheeded by the body's protein regulation system. Researchers at the...

X-ray radiation from a synchrotron source can rapidly damage, in a very specific way, the structure of a protein, as seen by X-ray crystallography. The four images represent a series of electron density maps collected from the same protein crystal. Protein degradation is indicated by the disappearance of the disulfide bond (yellow bar, surrounded by empty blue cage) linking the carbon chains (white balls). These images represent the first-ever recording of experimentally-induced chemical bond breakage usin

Weizmann Institute Scientists Capture The First-Ever 3D Visualization Of How Molecules Break Apart When Exposed To X-Rays

27.01.2000

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

Their findings may yield future measures for preventing radiation-induced health damages.

Death of a Protein

Death of a Protein

01.10.1999

Molecular and Cell Biology

A protein recycling system can also break down some that protect us from cancer

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