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An Open and Shut Case

An Open and Shut Case

01.08.1996

Plants and Agriculture

Some plants may have an easier time "waking up" than many people do, thanks to a built-in biological clock that causes them to open their leaves in the morning and fold them at night. Now a Weizmann...

Monitoring the Course of Lupus

Monitoring the Course of Lupus

01.08.1996

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Doctors may soon find it easier to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus, a potentially life-threatening disease that affects the kidneys and other internal...

Scientists Brainstorm to Find Cure for Tourette Syndrome

Scientists Brainstorm to Find Cure for Tourette Syndrome

10.07.1996

Brain & Behavior

REHOVOT, Israel -- July 10, 1996 -- An intensive effort to shed light on Tourette syndrome -- the humiliating genetic disorder known for causing sufferers to twitch and swear repetitively --...

Professor Meir Wilchek

1996 Distinguished Clinical Chemist award

04.07.1996

REHOVOT, Israel. The Weizmann Institute's Professor Meir Wilchek has been named the 1996 winner of the prestigious Distinguished Clinical Chemist Award, given every three years by the International...

Prof. Yoseph Imry

Rothschild Prize to Weizmann Institute Professor Yoseph Imry

26.06.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- May 26, 1996 -- Weizmann Institute Prof. Yoseph Imry, a leading expert in the theory of solid state physics and one of the founders of the new and growing field known as...

New Drug Delivery System May Help Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis and Disease-Related Weight Loss

New Drug Delivery System May Help Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis and Disease-Related Weight Loss

26.06.1996

New Drug Delivery System May Help Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis

New Drug Delivery System May Help Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis

26.06.1996

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Link Between El Nino and Rainfall in Israel Discovered

Link Between El Nino and Rainfall in Israel Discovered

24.06.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- June 24, 1996 -- El Nino, the periodic abnormal warming of surface water in the eastern equatorial Pacific, has long been notorious for the devastation it often inflicts...

Breaking Up a Super Relationship

Breaking Up a Super Relationship

14.06.1996

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel -- June 14, 1996 -- A key enzyme that acts as a "suicide weapon" causing cells to self-destruct has been discovered by Weizmann Institute researchers.

Understanding of Brain Development and Cancer Growth Also Advanced

Understanding of Brain Development and Cancer Growth Also Advanced

14.06.1996

A key enzyme that acts as a "suicide weapon" causing cells to self-destruct has been discovered by Weizmann Institute researchers.

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