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Stem cells

Lowering the Handbrakes on Stem Cell Production

03.01.2019

Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Stem Cells

Cells that are reprogrammed to become stem cells benefit when a protein complex is removed

Senescent cells

The Immune System’s Fountain of Youth

31.12.2018

Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

Helping the immune system clear away old cells in aging mice helped restore youthful characteristics

Ada Zamir, 1972

A Meeting with Einstein

27.12.2018

Nobel Prize winners and trail blazing research have all been part of Prof. Ada Zamir's career

Joint Wellcome Trust – WHO Consultation on Transforming Nutrition Science for Better Health

Joint Wellcome Trust – WHO Consultation on Transforming Nutrition Science for Better Health

26.12.2018

Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Immunology

World-leading scientists meet to stimulate new, cutting-edge research to improve lifelong health outcomes

2018 Wonder Wander Quiz

2018 Wonder Wander Quiz

23.12.2018

If you've followed the Institute news this year, it should be a cinch

moving cells

Frustrated and Going in Circles

20.12.2018

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Nanoscience, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

A model of collective movement that makes some members more ready to move than others helps explain how cells migrate in the body

satellites

CT for Clouds: A Fleet of Micro-Satellites Will See into the Smallest Clouds

17.12.2018

Space & Physics, Lasers & Optics, Environment, Climate

An Israeli-German mission to launch a formation of ten tiny satellites that use medically-inspired CT algorithms to answer climate questions wins a €14 million European Research Council award

stretched blood vessels

It’s a Stretch: Giving Direction to Blood Vessels

13.12.2018

Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Technology & Applications, Biotechnology

Scientists from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and the Weizmann Institute of Science reveal the mechanical forces that influence the spatial organization of blood vessels

MeCP2 and neurons

The Importins of Anxiety

11.12.2018

Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior

The discovery of a new neural mechanism underlying anxiety points to possible treatments

Amit

Profiling a Killer in Warm Blood

06.12.2018

Cancer, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Israeli scientists and physicians develop a new technology for profiling the unique genetic makeup of myeloma tumor cells that will allow better diagnosis and treatment

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