Viruses & Microorganisms

(l-r) Oksana Shlyk-Kerner, Prof. Avigdor Scherz and Dr. David Kaftan. Peak reaction

Soaking Up the Heat

01.10.2006

Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Energy, Plants and Agriculture

A heat-loving microorganism gives up its secrets

Bacteriorhodopsin-containing microorganisms give these evaporation ponds near San Francisco their color

Live Wire

01.10.2006

Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Organic Chemistry, Structural Biology

A bacterial protein for absorbing sunlight turns out conduct electricity much better than it should

Bacteria Beat the Heat

Bacteria Beat the Heat

30.08.2006

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute have found that a switch in just two amino acids can make a difference between functioning best at moderate...

Silence of the Amoebae

Silence of the Amoebae

30.08.2006

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

Weizmann Institute scientists render a disease-causing pathogen harmless

(l-r) Dr. Erez Dekel and Prof. Uri Alon. Evolution in a test tube

Keeping Fit

01.05.2006

Space & Physics, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Survival of the fittest in the lab: 300 generations of bacteria evolve to cope with test-tube conditions

Dr. Deborah Fass. Protein portrait

To Catch a Thief

02.10.2005

Biochemistry, Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology

Scientists reveal the shape of a tool used by a leukemia-causing virus to enter cells

Left to right: Prof. Ed Bayer, Jonathan Caspi, Rachel Haimovitz, Ilit Noach, Alon Karpol, Hadar Gilary, Dr. Ely Morag and Dr. Yoav Barak. Designer cellular machinery

Dr. Weizmann’s Bug Strikes Again

02.10.2005

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Genetics, Environment

A new version of an old cellular machine might help decompose garbage

Illusteration: HIV at the cell membrane

Disarming the Alarm

01.10.2005

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Lessons from HIV may help to treat the immune system

Prof. Ruth Arnon and Dr. Tamar Ben-Yedidia. Supervaccine

Fighting the Flu

01.10.2004

Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The uncannily devious flu virus, it turns out, has an Achilles’ heel

Dr. Hezi Gildor. Plankton predictions

Prince of Tides

01.05.2004

Viruses & Microorganisms, Environment, Climate, Mathematics

Population changes in tiny ocean organisms might drive weather patterns across the globe

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Burning Cancer’s Bridges

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A tumor sample from a human patient with the most common type of lung cancer (adenocarcinoma). Senescent cells are highlighted by their expression of the p16 (red) and the PD-L1 (green) proteins. Cell nuclei are in blue

Unclogging the Immune System

MRI brain scans of mice with Gaucher disease Type III. The scan of a mouse that received the new treatment (left) shows a significant reduction in tissue inflammation (blue) compared to an untreated mouse (right)

Improving the Recipe for Gene Therapy

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