Technology & Applications

Microbiome invaders. Illustration: Dell'Ariccia Leibovitch Architects

The Viruses That Fight Disease

04.08.2022

Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A surprising precision weapon against Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis

Development of synthetic mouse embryo models inside beakers

Without Egg, Sperm or Womb: Synthetic Mouse Embryo Models Created Solely from Stem Cells

01.08.2022

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics, Technology & Applications

The method opens new vistas for studying how stem cells self-organize into organs and may in the future help produce transplantable tissues

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Empowering Teachers with AI

03.07.2022

Science Teaching, Technology & Applications

The Weizmann Institute’s Science Teaching Department brings teachers and machines together and creates AI-powered tools for personalized instruction

Prof. Yosef Shaul. A lifelong quest

Spiking the Particle

25.04.2022

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Technology & Applications, Yeda Technology Transfer, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

FDA approves third-generation hepatitis B vaccine based on Weizmann research

Two different proteins expressed in a mouse brain are revealed by dual-color MRI

Tracking Multiple Genes with Flying Colors

31.01.2022

Brain & Behavior, Genetics, Technology & Applications, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new method for mapping gene expression deep in the body could one day be used to track stem cells or cancer therapy

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A Noninvasive Test for Gut Inflammation

23.01.2022

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

A new method of characterizing immune cells shed in the stool could facilitate diagnosis and improve treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Mouse myoblasts after a 24-hour exposure to a molecule blocking the ERK enzyme. The exposure caused the cells to undergo massive fusion, forming muscle fibers (red) with multiple nuclei (blue) // Dr. Tamar Eigler (Prof. Tzahor's research group)

The Meat, the Muscle, and the Motion of Cell Fusion

20.12.2021

Nutrition, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Technology & Applications, Yeda Technology Transfer, Biotechnology

Revelations about muscle stem cell fusion find their way into the food tech industry

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Catching on to Cancer

28.11.2021

Structural Biology, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A particularly “sticky” molecule could lead to the development of an effective treatment for cancer

Rendering of the building that will house the Azrieli Institute for Brain and Neural Sciences on the Weizmann Institute of Science campus, Skorka Architects

The Weizmann Institute of Science Receives $50 Million from the Azrieli Foundation to Help Humanity Unlock the Mysteries of the Brain

09.11.2021

Brain & Behavior, Benefiting Humanity

This donation – among the largest of its kind for the Foundation – will establish the Azrieli Institute for Brain and Neural Sciences at the Weizmann...

Dr. Nir London

Global Initiative to Rapidly Develop a Safe, Globally Accessible and Affordable COVID-19 Antiviral Pill

29.09.2021

Structural Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

COVID Moonshot – the world's largest open-science drug discovery effort – aims to identify pre-clinical candidate molecules, with first clinical...

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