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New Drug for Multiple Sclerosis Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

New Drug for Multiple Sclerosis Approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

23.12.1996

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel -- December 23, 1996 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the approval of the Israeli drug copolymer-1, to be marketed under the brand name COPAXONE, for...

Potential Weight-Loss Drug May Be Linked to Adult Diabetes

Potential Weight-Loss Drug May Be Linked to Adult Diabetes

15.11.1996

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

REHOVOT, Israel -- November 15, 1996 -- Leptin, the protein that made headlines two years ago when it was found to reduce obesity in mice, may be a cause of adult-onset diabetes in humans,...

Environmentally Friendly Building Dedicated at the Weizmann Institute

Environmentally Friendly Building Dedicated at the Weizmann Institute

13.11.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- November 13, 1996 -- An environmentally friendly building designed to rely as little as possible on energy from polluting fossil fuels was dedicated this week at Israel's...

Prof. Amir Pnueli

World's Most Prestigious Award in Computer Science to Weizmann Institute's Prof. Amir Pnueli

07.11.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- November 7, 1996 -- A Weizmann Institute of Science mathematician, Prof. Amir Pnueli, has been named the recipient of the 1996 Turing Award, the world's most prestigious prize,...

More Bytes for the Buck

More Bytes for the Buck

01.11.1996

Math & Computer Science

To boost the storage capacity of tomorrow's computers, information is digitally recorded on optical disks and read by a laser. Scientists hoped to enhance the computers memory banks even further by...

Stopping Short

Stopping Short

01.11.1996

Plants and Agriculture

Unlike animals, plants cannot run away from danger. They have therefore evolved various mechanisms to protect themselves against environmental stresses such as heat, cold, drought, mechanical...

Fitness Test for Hormones

Fitness Test for Hormones

01.11.1996

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

From pregnancy to potency, hormones are involved in regulating basic body functions. It is, therefore, often crucial to know whether these essential substances, which may be present in extremely low...

Too Much of a Good Thing

Too Much of a Good Thing

01.11.1996

Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Too Much of a Good Thing A major feature of Parkinson's disease, the brain disorder that causes muscle tremors, stiffness and weakness, is a shortage of the signal molecule dopamine in the...

System Also Used to Explain the Saltiness of the Sea of Galilee

System Also Used to Explain the Saltiness of the Sea of Galilee

31.10.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- October 31, 1996 -- A Weizmann Institute of Science groundwater sampling system, recently recognized by the US Environmental Protection Agency as useful sampling technology,...

Weizmann Institute-Led Project Receives Center of Excellence Grant

Weizmann Institute-Led Project Receives Center of Excellence Grant

20.10.1996

REHOVOT, Israel -- October 20, 1996 -- A Center of Excellence research grant has been awarded to a project being coordinated by a Weizmann Institute of Science professor. The project, a study of...

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