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TOOKAD®, Invented at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Gains European Approval for Prostate Cancer

29.04.2019

Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The treatment, approved for use in 31 countries, is now being marketed in Germany, Italy, Israel and Mexico

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CEST la vie: High-Powered Magnets Improve Early Detection of Cancer in Rats

17.04.2019

Chemistry, Biochemistry, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The method revealed tissue disruptions that cannot be seen by other means

Noam Stern-Ginossar and group

Host and Virus Face Off over RNA Modification

11.04.2019

Biochemistry, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

What happens when a mechanism meant to protect the cell gets exploited by bad-mannered viruses?

New Clinical Study Being Launched at the Weizmann Institute of Science

New Clinical Study Being Launched at the Weizmann Institute of Science

08.04.2019

Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The research may help in developing methodologies that could predict diseases years before their onset

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In Search of the First Enzymes

01.04.2019

Biochemistry, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Plants and Agriculture

Proto-enzymes designed in the lab bound strongly to RNA and DNA, suggesting a surprising origin for these proteins

E. Coli

Same Microbe, Different Effect

27.03.2019

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Asking a different question about the bacteria in our microbiomes might help target disease more precisely

Mouse embryonic stem cells

Making Room for Change: Stem Cell Fate Depends on It

25.03.2019

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Fertility

Remodeling the power plants known as mitochondria are key to stem cell differentiation

Historic partnership between the Weizmann Institute of Science and Institut Curie

Historic partnership between the Weizmann Institute of Science and Institut Curie

21.03.2019

People and Events

Science at the service of people - this is the best way to describe the credo of the two institutes

inhaling and thinking

Breathe in before Answering: Cognitive Function Tied to Inhalation

20.03.2019

Brain & Behavior

Subjects given problems to solve as they inhaled did better on tests

Korea-Israel signing ceremony

South Korea Invests in Weizmann Institute of Science Biomed

19.03.2019

Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Two Korean concerns will invest 12 million dollars in companies based on Institute research

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