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Wake-Up Call for Dormant Cancer

22.04.2025
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
Weizmann Institute researchers reveal how breast cancer cells enter a state of dormancy, remaining undetected for years, and why they suddenly wake up and metastasize
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Beyond Words

21.04.2025
Robotics and Machine Learning, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Study reveals the hidden musical grammar of natural speech
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The Master Switch Turning Immune Cells into Cancer Eradicators

10.04.2025
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
Researchers in Prof. Ido Amit’s lab identify a gene that reprograms macrophages into cancer-promoting cells — and show how to switch it off
Getting Cancer to Unmask Itself

Getting Cancer to Unmask Itself

27.03.2025
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Researchers from Prof. Yardena Samuels’s lab manipulated cancer cells into making themselves visible to the immune system, creating a new approach that gives hope to patients with previously untreatable disease
Staphylococcus bacteria

New Immune Mechanism Revealed in the Cellular Trash

05.03.2025
Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
The discovery holds promise in light of the growing resistance to antibiotics
Mouse heart tissue viewed under a microscope

A Broken Heart: Two Types of Scars, Two Paths to Healing

18.02.2025
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A collaborative study reveals two kinds of scarring, dubbed hot and cold, in injured heart tissue, suggesting that treatments must take the type of scar into account
Training Future Physician-Scientists: The Weizmann Institute Receives Approval for a New Medical School

Training Future Physician-Scientists: The Weizmann Institute Receives Approval for a New Medical School

11.02.2025
The vision: Bridging the gap between today’s science and tomorrow’s medicine
Prof. Yonina Eldar. Photo by Ronen Aharoni

Prof. Yonina Eldar Is the Recipient of the Israel Prize in Engineering

04.02.2025
Math & Computer Science, Robotics and Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Mathematics
“Professor Eldar is an example and role model of a scientist who combines groundbreaking research with the ability to apply it and have a broad social impact across all sectors of society,” the committee wrote in its reasoning
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We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

20.01.2025
Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A new Weizmann Institute study identified all of the proteins in a stool sample – those from the microbiome, the human body and food – revealing the hidden secrets of the intestines and their impact on human disease
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Weizmann Institute of Science Moves to 100% Green Electricity

05.01.2025
The institute will produce and purchase electricity generated from renewable energy sources

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