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(l-r) Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss, President of the Max Planck Society, Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute with the signed agreement

New German-Israeli Laboratory Inaugurated at the Weizmann Institute

05.03.2014
Brain & Behavior
The Weizmann Institute's Prof. Alon Chen will head the Lab
timing of meals (Image: Thinkstock)

Time is of the Essence

05.02.2014
Biochemistry
New findings in mice suggest that merely changing meal times could have a significant effect on the levels of triglycerides in the liver.
Photograph of the cave during excavation; arrow pointing to the hearth.

300,000-Year-Old Hearth Found

27.01.2014
Scientific Archaeology
Microscopic evidence revealed in Weizmann Institute labs shows repeated fire use in the spot over time  
Elevation of RIP3 in nuclei of neurons from neuronopathic Gaucher (red; arrows) disease mice

New Hope for Gaucher Patients

20.01.2014
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
Weizmann Institute findings may point the way to a treatment for a devastating childhood disease  
Chromosomes Show Off their Shapes

Chromosomes Show Off their Shapes

25.11.2013
Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, Structural Biology, Math & Computer Science
A new view of our chromosomes reveals a complex picture  
Microglia cells, obtained using a mouse model developed by Prof. Stephen Jung’s team

Not So Dumb

25.11.2013
Brain & Behavior, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A new kind of genetic switch can target the activities of just one type of brain cell  
Super SQUID

Super SQUID

25.11.2013
Space & Physics
A measuring device for superconductors breaks world records  
The Weizmann Institute of Science Receives 120 Million Dollars to Establish the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine

The Weizmann Institute of Science Receives 120 Million Dollars to Establish the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine

11.11.2013
Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
The Weizmann Institute of Science is establishing, on its campus, the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine. This facility will serve Israel’s entire life sciences and biomedical research community, including academic scientists, MDs working in hospital research labs and researchers in the biomedical industry.  
New Stem Cells Go Back Further

New Stem Cells Go Back Further

31.10.2013
Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics
Scientists isolate new human pluripotent stem cells capable of generating “humanized” mouse models containing human-derived tissues  
Pre-leukemic stem cells (top) with both mutated and healthy copies of the RUNX1 gene already display some of the characteristics of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). When the non-mutated copy of the gene is inactivated, disruptions in the spindle-assembly-checkpoint phase of cell division trigger cell death

Leukemia Cells are Addicted to a Healthy Gene

29.09.2013
Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics
Weizmann Institute researchers discover that a “standoff” between a mutated gene and its normal counterpart keeps certain cancer cells alive  

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