Viruses & Microorganisms

Illustration by Yael Leibovitch and Simone Dell’Ariccia

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

20.01.2025

Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new Weizmann Institute study identified all of the proteins in a stool sample – those from the microbiome, the human body and food – revealing the...

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Hunting Down Giant Viruses That Attack Tiny Algae

30.09.2024

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Environment, Climate

A mysterious menace lurks in the oceans, threatening algal blooms. Weizmann Institute researchers have developed a new way to track the culprit –...

Couples Therapy

Couples Therapy

26.09.2024

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology

A new Weizmann Institute method provides an unprecedented glimpse into the relationship between bacteria and their host cells

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Finding Immune Cells under Our Very Noses

31.07.2024

Brain & Behavior, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Antibody-producing cells discovered inside the nasal conchae may help develop new nasal vaccinations and treatments for allergies and nervous system...

An electron microscope view of phages duplicated inside bacterial cells that possess the immune system discovered in the new study. This immune system attaches a ubiquitin-like protein (marked by black dots and white arrows) to the tails of these phages, preventing them from infecting other bacterial cells

Catch a Virus by Its Tail

17.07.2024

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Evolution and Development

A bacterial immune system that alters the tails of phages might help clarify an immunity mechanism in humans

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Bacteria against Mutants

28.05.2024

Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development

A bacterial model helps reveal how our bodies prevent population explosions – and cancer

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Fungus vs. Fungus: Newly Identified Yeast Might Prevent Life-Threatening Fungal Infections

18.03.2024

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The novel yeast works by outcompeting rivals, Weizmann Institute study suggests

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How Does a Bacterium Know It’s Time?

08.03.2024

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms

Scientists were split on the issue of cell division; a statistical study heals the rift

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Evolutionary Safety First

09.01.2024

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers call for a new kind of test – one that will ensure evolutionary safety – to be applied to future...

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Why People with Diabetes Are More Prone to Respiratory Risk

14.12.2023

Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

New study reveals how high blood sugar makes lung infections worse; the findings may lead to a strategy for reversing this susceptibility

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Illustration by Yael Leibovitch and Simone Dell’Ariccia

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

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