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An Algorithm that Rivals Experts Could Save Lives

13.08.2018
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Math & Computer Science, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs
A joint venture of the Weizmann Institute of Science and New York University recently won first place in a competition for innovation in echocardiography
nitrogen in malignant and normal liver

Disrupted Nitrogen Metabolism Might Spell Cancer

13.08.2018
Tests show that too little of this basic element is as problematic as too much 
Weizmann Institute of Science is Ninth in the World in Research Quality

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

12.08.2018
The Weizmann Institute of Science has been placed ninth in a ranking of research quality.  This is the second time that the Institute has ranked in the top ten best research institutes in the world. (In the previous ranking, in 2015, the institute placed tenth.) The placement comes from the annual CWTS Leiden Ranking, based in Leiden University in the Netherlands.
A “walk” in composition space for a lipid world molecular assembly, shown in simplified 3 dimensions. A point on the line signifies a specific composition along the time axis, whereby the three coordinates are amounts of the three different molecule types. A composome (pink background) is a time interval when the composition stays almost unchanged, signifying compositional replication.

A Century-Old Model for Life’s Origin Gets Significant Substantiation

25.07.2018
Biochemistry
The effects of p53 in cancer-associated fibroblasts on cancer cell migration

Switching Sides: The Betrayal of an Anti-Cancer Gene

25.07.2018
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Reeducating cells in the tumor microenvironment reverses some of the malignancy
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
Cancer
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

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