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stretched blood vessels

It’s a Stretch: Giving Direction to Blood Vessels

13.12.2018
Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Technology & Applications, Biotechnology
Scientists from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science reveal the mechanical forces that influence the...
Medicinal Chemistry

The Weizmann Institute of Science establishes the Dr. Barry Sherman Institute for Medicinal Chemistry

04.12.2018
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Chemistry, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
The Institute will fund innovative research on compounds that hold promise for becoming therapies for a range of human diseases and...
T cells attacking melanoma cells

Toward an “Ultra-Personalized” Therapy for Melanoma

12.09.2018
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A new approach to identifying “signposts” on cancer cells may help immune cells eliminate the disease 
black soldier fly

Freezing Fly Eggs for the Future

13.08.2018
Yeda Technology Transfer
WISe, the entrepreneurship club for Weizmann Institute of Science students, helped three alumni found a new company that could advance the edible...
electrocardiogram

An Algorithm that Rivals Experts Could Save Lives

13.08.2018
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A joint venture of the Weizmann Institute of Science and New York University recently won first place in a competition for innovation in...
electrons tunnel in protein

Lowering the Barrier: Electrons Seen Tunneling through Proteins

02.08.2018
Quantum Physics, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biotechnology
Uncovering quantum effects in the molecules in our bodies may lead to future biotech developments
Response to treatment in cancer cells: The abundance of the EGFR (top row) and HER2 (bottom row) receptors is reduced when the cells are exposed to triple therapy – Tagrisso, Erbitux and Herceptin (right column) and to the two antibodies, Erbitux and Herceptin (second from right column), but not when they are exposed to Tagrisso alone (second column from left) or to no therapy at all (left column)

Combined Approach Offers Hope to Lung Cancer Patients Who Become Resistant to Drugs

25.07.2018
Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
Three drugs together block growth from without and within
zebrafish eye

Silver Eyes are a Triple Treat

16.07.2018
Lasers & Optics, Nano Physics, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Nanoscience, Materials Science, Biotechnology
The iris in the zebrafish has a distinctive crystal structure that both camouflages the eye and prevents unwanted light from entering
Fluorite. Credit: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

Nanocrystals Give MRI a New Shine

28.06.2018
Molecular and Cell Biology, Nanoscience, Organic Chemistry, Yeda Technology Transfer
A “crazy idea” for using fluoride nanocrystals as magnetic resonance tracers could lead to new clinical imaging methods
Zoomed-in xSPEN diffusion data arising from a human frontal lobe (dashed square regions) containing the optic nerve indicated by the yellow arrows

The X-SPENdables: Addressing the Most Challenging Tissues in Magnetic Resonance

21.02.2018
Lasers & Optics, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Chemistry, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A new MRI method developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science improves our ability to study the brain and other non-homogeneous tissues

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