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Combat team: A dendritic cell (right) and a T cell, both from a mouse with skin cancer, combined using the BiCE antibody (yellow)

Standing United: When Immune Cells Join Forces, Cancer Therapy Is More Effective

18.01.2024

Cancer, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new kind of immunotherapy, based on crosstalk between different immune cells, could pave the way for innovative treatments of cancer and autoimmune...

A section of a mouse brain under the microscope. The yellow color shows the complex structure of a mature oligodendrocyte, with numerous branches that reach out to the surrounding cells

Vive la Différence: Brain Cells of Males and Females Respond Differently to Chronic Stress

01.08.2023

Brain & Behavior, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new study in mice could pave the way to personalized therapy for depression, anxiety and other stress-related disorders known to produce different...

Taking Refuge in Rehovot

Taking Refuge in Rehovot

23.07.2023

Benefiting Humanity

Russian and Ukrainian scientists fleeing the war in Ukraine were hosted by Weizmann Institute labs during a year-long program

319 Ambassadors of Groundbreaking Science

319 Ambassadors of Groundbreaking Science

01.06.2023

Benefiting Humanity

Meet the class of 2023 – they join more than 7,500 alumni who earned their PhD and MSc degrees from the Feinberg Graduate School since it was...

A band of clouds above the equator, created by the rise of air within the Hadley cell and responsible for heavy rainfall in this region

Tracking the Winds of Climate Change

29.05.2023

Planetary Science, Environment, Benefiting Humanity

Why do parts of Earth become rainforests, whereas others turn into deserts? A new study exposes the far-reaching impact of human activity on a global...

Weizmann Institute of Science and Max Planck Society Create a Joint Postdoctoral Program

Weizmann Institute of Science and Max Planck Society Create a Joint Postdoctoral Program

23.05.2023

Benefiting Humanity

The goal: to nurture a new generation of scientists by enabling them to embark on a four-year scientific exploration at the two institutions

Jamela Abu Ayada

Discovering the Path to Discoveries

17.05.2023

People, Benefiting Humanity

The Weizmann Institute’s program for research students from academically underrepresented groups is making things click for participants

The brain of a mouse with an MS-like disease reveals clusters of microglia (green) and T cells (red)

Down with MS

03.05.2023

Brain & Behavior, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Focusing on the ups and downs of multiple sclerosis, Weizmann Institute researchers discover a major player in its remission

Tissue sample of a particularly aggressive skin cancer reveals immune cells (yellow) that express on their surfaces a “brake pedal” receptor called FcgIIb (purple); cell nuclei are in blue

Immunotherapy Drugs Step on the Gas

05.03.2023

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Sometimes anticancer antibodies press on the gas and the brakes at the same time. New research might help them accelerate better

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The Protein Wears Prada

26.01.2023

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Technology & Applications, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new computational method that tracks multiple protein modifications promises to shed new light on unsolved biomedical problems

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