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Stephanie Cook

Gold at Sydney

01.05.2001

Made at the Institute, Science Education, Science & Culture

Weizmann's Summer Science School Graduate Strikes Olympic Gold

Prof. Sara Fuchs and graduate student Tal Ilani

It's in the Blood

01.05.2001

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Blood tests may be used to diagnose schizophrenia, suggest Institute scientists

Step by step documentation of "midwife"-assisted amoeba reproduction

Physicist and Biologist Looking for Midwife

01.05.2001

Space & Physics, Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology

Weizmann Institute scientists discover: Amoebas use "midwives" to reproduce

Prof. Abraham Amsterdam

Curbing the Clock

01.05.2001

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Fertility, Genetics

By eavesdropping on ovarian cells, Weizmann Institute scientists hope to aid late-age pregnancies.

Dr. Yinon Rudich

Dust Is in the Air

01.05.2001

Environment, Climate

Dust particles have a dramatic effect on cloud formation and desertification processes

Prof. Adi Kimchi

Life-Yielding Deaths

01.05.2001

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Weizmann scientists reveal a gene for activating a suicide program in cells that are on their way to becoming cancerous

Prof. Avraham Ben-Nun.

Like a Forest Fire

01.05.2001

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer

Genetically engineered "draw-fire" proteins may lead to a new treatment for autoimmune diseases

Prof. Michal Schwartz

Working with the Enemy

01.05.2001

Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer

Institute scientists halt progressive eyesight loss in animals afflicted with a glaucoma-like disease

Prof. Jeffrey Gerst (left) and Michael Marash

The Secrets of Secretion

01.05.2001

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Studies of secretion in yeast cells yield insight into human disease processes

Prof. Shimon Reich.

Advancing to the Bronze Age

01.05.2001

Materials Science

An Institute discovery moves high-temperature superconductors out of the "copper age"

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