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New Approach to Fighting Autoimmune Diseases

New Approach to Fighting Autoimmune Diseases

25.01.1996
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
REHOVOT, Israel -- January 25, 1996 -- A natural mechanism by which the body turns off inflammation may serve as a basis for the design of a new class of drugs against multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.  
Yaakov Naan Appointed Weizmann Institute Vice President for Finance and Administration

Yaakov Naan Appointed Weizmann Institute Vice President for Finance and Administration

08.01.1996
People
REHOVOT, Israel -- January 8, 1996 --Yaakov Naan is about to join the Weizmann Institute as Vice President for Finance and Administration. He will take office on February 1, 1996, replacing David Schlachet, who is leaving to engage in private business after having served in this capacity for five years.  
World-Famous Physicist Arkady Aronov Remembered at Weizmann Institute Physics Symposium

World-Famous Physicist Arkady Aronov Remembered at Weizmann Institute Physics Symposium

07.01.1996
REHOVOT, Israel -- January 7 , 1996 -- New developments in solid state physics will be discussed this week (January 8-12) at the Arkady Aronov Memorial Symposium to be held in Zichron Ya'akov, near Haifa, under the aegis of the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Heraeus Foundation, Germany.
A Tight Squeeze

A Tight Squeeze

01.01.1996
Materials Science
One of the first things we learn about nature is that water turns into a solid when it is frozen. For this change of state to occur, drastic alterations in environment such as a drop in temperature or an increase in pressure were always considered necessary -- until now.   Weizmann Institute researchers have shown for the first time that it is possible to cause a liquid to solidify by merely confining it between two smooth surfaces without applying pressure.  
Getting a Bang Out of the Experiment

Getting a Bang Out of the Experiment

01.01.1996
Steven Spielberg, move over. An international team of physicists is recreating a world that existed billions of years before the one portrayed in Jurassic Park.   Using the world's most powerful atom-smasher, the group -- in which researchers from the Institute's Particle Physics Department played a key role -- may have produced a miniature version of the universe as it existed when it was only one microsecond old.  
Nothing to Sneeze At

Nothing to Sneeze At

01.01.1996
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A gene responsible for the production of an allergy-blocking protein has been discovered by the team of Prof. Israel Pecht at Weizmann Institute's Immunology Department.  
Can the Amplifier Be Turned Off?

Can the Amplifier Be Turned Off?

01.01.1996
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
The growth of breast cancer and other malignancies is spurred by a molecular "amplifier" that augments signals received by tumor cells, according to a new study led by Prof. Yosef Yarden of the Weizmann Institute's Molecular Cell Biology Department.  

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