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X-Rays May Show The Way To Better Alzheimer's Drugs

X-Rays May Show The Way To Better Alzheimer's Drugs

27.12.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists have elucidated the means by which a plant substance blocks a key brain enzyme involved in Alzheimer's disease.

Protein Teamwork Drives Damaged Cells To Self-Destruct

Protein Teamwork Drives Damaged Cells To Self-Destruct

12.12.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have recently deciphered part of the cellular events underlying apoptosis -- programmed cell death. Their findings, published in Nature earlier this...

Key Progress by Weizmann Scientists in the Race to Unravel Ribosomal Structure

Key Progress by Weizmann Scientists in the Race to Unravel Ribosomal Structure

07.12.1999

A team of Weizmann Institute and Max-Planck Society scientists has determined the structure of the small ribosomal subunit at the highest resolution ever achieved, including the site where protein...

Progress Reported in Developing Compounds That Mimic Insulin for the Treatment of Type II Diabetes

Progress Reported in Developing Compounds That Mimic Insulin for the Treatment of Type II Diabetes

24.11.1999

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Diabetic patients suffer from a metabolic disorder in which the insulin hormone responsible for allowing the passage of energy rich nutrients from the bloodstream into the body's cells...

Yaakov Naan - Vice President for Finance and Administration

Yaakov Naan - Vice President for Finance and Administration

01.11.1999

Annual Report 1999

Annual Report 1999

01.11.1999

From the Chair

From the Chair

01.11.1999

Bringing about a Golden Age

Bringing about a Golden Age

01.11.1999

Prof. Yoram Groner – Vice President of the Weizmann Institute

Prof. Yoram Groner – Vice President of the Weizmann Institute

01.11.1999

Prof. Yoram Groner

Prof. Zvi Artstein, Vice President for Technology Transfer

Prof. Zvi Artstein, Vice President for Technology Transfer

01.11.1999

Prof. Zvi Artstein

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