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In Gulliver's Garden: Tiny Tomatoes Speed Genetic Engineering of Plants

In Gulliver's Garden: Tiny Tomatoes Speed Genetic Engineering of Plants

10.12.1997

Plants and Agriculture

REHOVOT, Israel - December 10, 1997 - A tiny tomato, dubbed "Micro-Tom," may mean big news for genetic engineering. The Lilliputian plant, adapted for research by Dr. Avraham Levy of the Weizmann...

Windows on your Mind: Weizmann Institute Scientists Reveal That Imagination Can Enhance Visual Perception

Windows on your Mind: Weizmann Institute Scientists Reveal That Imagination Can Enhance Visual Perception

09.12.1997

Brain & Behavior

REHOVOT, Israel - December 9, 1997 - Conjuring up images in the "mind's eye" enhances our ability to see what's really there, Weizmann Institute scientists have found. However, imagination...

New Delivery System May Improve Gene Therapy

New Delivery System May Improve Gene Therapy

03.12.1997

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel - December 3, 1997 - In the genes of an organism, as in real estate, location is key. The functioning of any gene is significantly affected by its exact placement on the chromosome...

Cell 'Suicide' Gene Linked To Metastasis

Cell 'Suicide' Gene Linked To Metastasis

13.11.1997

REHOVOT, Israel - November 13, 1997 -A Weizmann Institute of Science study reported in the November 13 issue of Nature provides new evidence for an intriguing theory about the development of...

Protein 'Heroes' Block Genetic Mutations

Protein 'Heroes' Block Genetic Mutations

12.11.1997

Tune Into This: Weizmann Institute Study Provides Evidence For a Radio-Like Mechanism in the Brain

Tune Into This: Weizmann Institute Study Provides Evidence For a Radio-Like Mechanism in the Brain

14.10.1997

Brain & Behavior

REHOVOT, Israel - October 14, 1997- Research conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science may give a whole new meaning to the phrase "stay tuned." Institute scientists have found evidence that when...

Therapeutic Effects of Garlic Clarified by Weizmann Institute Research

Therapeutic Effects of Garlic Clarified by Weizmann Institute Research

14.10.1997

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel - October 14, 1997 - Garlic is believed to work wonders, from fighting disease to keeping away vampires. Now two studies conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science have uncovered...

The Mathematical Tourist: Weizmann Institute Hosts Students from C.I.S.

The Mathematical Tourist: Weizmann Institute Hosts Students from C.I.S.

13.10.1997

Science Education

Science Education

REHOVOT, Israel - October 13, 1997 - An elite group of high-school mathematics students from the former Soviet Union have learned that, if you want to get to Israel, you have to do your homework...

Adult Onset Diabetes: An 'Imbalancing' Act

Adult Onset Diabetes: An 'Imbalancing' Act

01.10.1997

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Although diabetes is the Western world's most common metabolic disease, adult-onset diabetes, which affects 90% of diabetes sufferers, is still poorly understood. Unlike the rarer juvenile...

Yaba-Daba-Glue! Stone-Age Use of Collagen Discovered

Yaba-Daba-Glue! Stone-Age Use of Collagen Discovered

01.10.1997

Scientific Archaeology

Collagen is one of the latest fads of today's cosmetics industry. Now research at the Weizmann Institute reveals that already back in the stone age, humans were putting this organic compound to use...

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