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gene editing in single cells

Gene Editing Takes on New Roles

15.12.2016
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
A new combined method may finally give scientists a tool fine enough to probe life’s most nuanced processes  
drug cocktails

How to Mix the Perfect Cocktail

07.12.2016
Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A new model can predict drug interactions and side effects even between a large number of components
Crystal structure

Crystallization Made Crystal Clear

07.12.2016
Nanoscience
The instant of crystallization – as it has never before been seen
Wild faba

In Search of the Wild Fava Bean

07.12.2016
Plants and Agriculture, Scientific Archaeology
Seeds from a site in Northern Israel are the ancestors of today's fava beans
The green fluorescent label maps the distribution of calcium in sea urchin larvae. The label shows the elongated mineralized spicules and vesicles with large amounts of calcium

Making Spines from Sea Water

30.11.2016
Biochemistry, Evolution and Development
How do creatures like sea urchins take up the calcium they need to build hard structures? 
A section of a ripe tomato sample showing the distribution of sucrose (orange) in the flesh and of an antioxidant (green) in the fruit skin tissue; mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) technology was used to map the molecules

Wise Plant Analysis

30.11.2016
Plants and Agriculture, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Weizmann Institute’s WeizMass and MatchWeiz help identify plant metabolites
Double treatment kills cancer cells

Double Whammy for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

30.11.2016
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
New Weizmann Institute of Science research provides hope for cancer patients 
yo yo diets

Gut Microbes Contribute to Recurrent “Yo-Yo” Obesity

24.11.2016
Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
New research in mice may in the future help dieters keep the weight off 
mice get jet lag too

Blast of Thin Air Can Reset Circadian Clocks

23.10.2016
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior
Research in mice suggests lowering oxygen levels might ease jetlag
Proxima Centauri b

Earth-Mass Planet Right Next Door

24.08.2016
Space & Physics, Astrophysics, Planetary Science
Weizmann Institute of Science researcher is a part of the team that discovered a planet with an Earth-like mass orbiting in the habitable zone of our nearest stellar neighbor 

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