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Bread and Health: A Personal Matter

Bread and Health: A Personal Matter

07.06.2017

Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

A new study reveals that there is no difference between the health effects of “wholesome” and white bread

cold atomic beam experiment

How to Reduce Shockwaves in Molecular Beam Experiments

07.06.2017

Nano Physics, Particle Physics, Planetary Science, Quantum Physics

Aerospace engineering provided the answer

Agrin repairs heart tissue

Young at Heart: Restoring Cardiac Function with a Matrix Molecule

05.06.2017

Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Administering “young matrix” molecules to damaged mouse hearts led to muscle repair

Humans are exposed to stress at different intensities throughout life

Stressed Out from Birth: Mice Exposed to Prenatal Stress Are Predisposed to Eating Disorders Later in Life

01.06.2017

Brain & Behavior, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute prevented the onset of eating disorders through dietary intervention

synchronized signals in the cortex

How Are Sensory Brain Cells Synchronized?

25.05.2017

Brain & Behavior

A decades-old debate on the way signals create perception is resolved

Bird feeding station on the Weizmann Institute of Science campus

Where Have All the Birds Gone?

21.05.2017

In an effort to attract songbirds back, feeding stations and nesting boxes are placed throughout campus

self-assembling membrane

Self-Organization Makes for Efficient Separation

17.05.2017

Nanoscience, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry

A new, water-based, recyclable membrane filters all types of nanoparticles

Ayelet Erez

Rare Genetic Defect May Lead to Cancer Drug

17.05.2017

Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A lack of the protein citrin slows children's growth; blocking it in cancer slows tumor growth

Dr. Valery Krizhanovsky

Getting Rid of Old Cells

17.05.2017

Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Yeda Technology Transfer, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Understanding why cells refuse to die may lead to treatments for age-related disease

disease chart

MalaCards and GeneHancer Open New Directions in Medical Research

11.05.2017

Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

New developments in genetic databases will make it easier than ever to identify the molecular basis of disease

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