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Response to treatment in cancer cells: The abundance of the EGFR (top row) and HER2 (bottom row) receptors is reduced when the cells are exposed to triple therapy – Tagrisso, Erbitux and Herceptin (right column) and to the two antibodies, Erbitux and Herceptin (second from right column), but not when they are exposed to Tagrisso alone (second column from left) or to no therapy at all (left column)

Combined Approach Offers Hope to Lung Cancer Patients Who Become Resistant to Drugs

25.07.2018

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

Three drugs together block growth from without and within

WIS is number nine

Weizmann Institute of Science is Ninth in the World in Research Quality

08.07.2018

The ranking puts the impact of Institute research high up in a list of the top universities and research institutes

Der Körper weiß es am besten: Ein natürlicher Heilmechanismus für entzündliche Darmerkrankungen

Der Körper weiß es am besten: Ein natürlicher Heilmechanismus für entzündliche Darmerkrankungen

30.05.2018

Die Behandlung entzündlicher Darmerkrankungen ist extrem schwierig: Gene, Darmmikroben und gestörte Immunfunktionen tragen alle dazu bei.

Inside the XENON1tT water shield

XENON1T Team Sets Limits

30.05.2018

Space & Physics, Astrophysics

Weizmann researchers participate in the most sensitive search for dark matter to date

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Passing it On, Thanks to Perach

30.05.2018

Science Teaching

A mentor helped a lonely child choose a career in science

Cross-section of the inner lining of a human gut adjacent to a cancerous tumor

Body Knows Best: A Natural Healing Mechanism for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

30.05.2018

Biochemistry, Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The findings suggest that boosting signals in certain cells and not in others might even help treat colon cancer

Food waste

Food Waste: The Biggest Loss Could be What You Choose to Put in Your Mouth

21.03.2018

Environment, Plants and Agriculture

A new analysis suggests hundreds of millions more could eat from the same resources with plant-based diets

Jupiter_Juno image. NASA

Unveiling the Depths of Jupiter’s Winds

07.03.2018

Space & Physics, Planetary Science

“Jupiter’s atmosphere is many times greater than anything we have seen before”

microbiome influences

Genetics or Lifestyle: What Is It That Shapes our Microbiome?

27.02.2018

Nutrition, Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A study brings new hope for improving our health

organoid with folds

“Brain on a Chip” Reveals How the Brain Folds

19.02.2018

Lasers & Optics, Theoretical Physics, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Evolution and Development

Keeping the tiny "brains" flat enabled researchers to follow the process of wrinkling, step by step

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