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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"

Four graduates of the Weizmann Institute's feinberg graduate School, who today form the senior staff of Pharmos. Left to rigth: Dr. Michael Schickler, Prof. Haim Aviv, Dr. Cynthia Webb, and Dr. Vered Lavie

Serial "Start-Ups"

01.05.2001

Made at the Institute

Prof. Haim Aviv is starting his sixth bio-tech company

On Research in a Small Country

On Research in a Small Country

01.03.2001

People and Events, Science Education

Basic research and its practical applications by Prof. Michael Sela Excerpts from lecture given in March 2001 in Tokyo within the frame of the Asia and Pacific Rim International Molecular Biology...

Scientists Discover Enzymes Capable of Duplicating Damaged Genetic Material, Creating New Mutations

Scientists Discover Enzymes Capable of Duplicating Damaged Genetic Material, Creating New Mutations

16.11.2000

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Potential applications of this Weizmann Institute discovery include suppressing the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and reconstructing ancient DNA or damaged DNA left at crime scenes

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