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Humans and fish share about 70% of their protein-coding genes, but only about 0.5% of their regulatory long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs)

Genomic Recycling: Ancestral Genes Take On New Roles

18.09.2017

Systems Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

How some genes lost the ability to make proteins - and gained regulatory powers

Cancerous tumor tissue under a microscope:

Altitude Training for Cancer-Fighting Cells

18.09.2017

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

Oxygen starvation could toughen up immune T cells for cancer immunotherapy

wavy trajectory

The Breaking Point

23.08.2017

Materials Science

What happens at the moving edge of crack?

filaments

Lego Proteins Revealed

23.08.2017

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Nanoscience, Structural Biology

Self-assembling protein complexes based on a single mutation could provide scaffolding for nanostructures

Researchers Night

New Years for Researchers

23.08.2017

For one night only, the Weizmann Institute of Science will open its doors to the public

single-celled lining of the intestines under a microscope

Cell Economics 101

14.08.2017

Biochemistry, Nutrition, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The lining of our intestines uses an approach known to business to quickly process food

Beet-colored tomatoes

Rhapsody in Red Violet

14.08.2017

Biochemistry, Nutrition, Systems Biology, Plants and Agriculture

Pigments made by beets may help boost resistance to disease and the nutrition value of crops

Embryonic cardiovascular cells

First Cells

14.08.2017

Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development, Genetics

Videos of forming embryonic blood vessels reveal the presence of unusual cells and the unexpected role of a well-known gene in creating blood

WIS sixth in the world

Weizmann Institute of Science ranked 6th in Nature Innovation Index, 2017, and 1st outside the US

09.08.2017

The Nature Index of Innovation 2017 points industry to institutions providing ideas behind inventions

infrared silkworm

Microscopic Silk Cocoons May Facilitate Drug Design

20.07.2017

Biochemistry, Materials Science, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Microfluidics technology enables silk protein capsules to self-assemble

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