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Simulation of a collision between two stars. Simulations by Dr. Tal Alexander, Weizmann Institute of Science

Zooming Star Points to Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way

16.10.2002
Astrophysics
The scientists tracked, for the first time, a star completing an orbit around a known unusual source of radiation (a black hole candidate) in the center of our galaxy. This discovery heralds a new epoch of high precision black hole astronomy and that might help us better understand how galaxies are born and evolve.
Kenyan farmer with corn plant stunted by Striga (witchweed) in foreground and corn with seed coating technology to the right and in the background.

New Witchweed-Fighting Method, Developed by CIMMYT and a Weizmann Institute Scientist, To Become Public in July

01.07.2002
Genetics, Plants and Agriculture
Corn harvests on experimental plots and in farmers’ fields in four East and Southern African countries have yielded striking results in long-term trials of an innovative witchweed-fighting technology.
Bone Marrow Transplants May be Improved Due to the Uncovering of a Key Mechanism Responsible for Stem Cell Mobilization

Bone Marrow Transplants May be Improved Due to the Uncovering of a Key Mechanism Responsible for Stem Cell Mobilization

30.06.2002
Stem Cells, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Weizmann Institute scientists have uncovered a mechanism that enables stem cells to exit the bone marrow into the blood circulation of healthy donors as well as patients suffering from leukemia, other malignancies and blood disorders. Published in the current July issue of Nature Immunology, the findings may lead to more efficient clinical stem cell transplantations.    
The three predictions of protein-protein complex structures.

Weizmann Institute Scientists Successful in Global Experiment for the Prediction of Protein-Protein Interactions

24.06.2002
Biochemistry, Chemistry, Structural Biology, Math & Computer Science
CAPRI (Critical Assessment of PRediction of Interactions) Challenge, an international experiment in which participants submit predictions of structures of protein-protein complexes prior to experimental determination
Scientists Identify A Gene Causing A Fatal Heart Condition, Common In An Israeli Bedouin Tribe

Scientists Identify A Gene Causing A Fatal Heart Condition, Common In An Israeli Bedouin Tribe

04.05.2002
Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
A team of researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Sheba Medical Center has identified a gene causing polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PVT), a fatal heart condition. Characterized by a fast and irregular heartbeat, seizures, and in certain cases, sudden death, PVT primarily affects young children.    
Israeli Scientists Block the Progression of Type I Diabetes

Israeli Scientists Block the Progression of Type I Diabetes

26.11.2001
Nutrition, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
A team of researchers led by Prof. Irun Cohen of the Weizmann Institute of Science has developed a unique approach for halting the progression of Type I (juvenile or insulin-dependent) diabetes.  
A Trillion Computers In A Drop Of Water

A Trillion Computers In A Drop Of Water

22.11.2001
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Chemistry
Scientists build a nanoscale computing machine using biological molecules    
New President of the Weizmann Institute of Science

New President of the Weizmann Institute of Science

14.11.2001
The Board of Governors of the Weizmann Institute of Science has elected Prof. Ilan Chet to the position of Institute President. Prof. Chet will assume presidential responsibilities on December 1, 2001, with the conclusion of Prof. Haim Harari's 13-year term in office. Prof. Chet was born in Haifa in 1939. He completed his doctoral work in microbiology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, in Rehovot.  
Scientists Uncover The Exact Mode Of Action Of Five Antibiotic Drugs

Scientists Uncover The Exact Mode Of Action Of Five Antibiotic Drugs

25.10.2001
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Structural Biology
Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and Germany's Max-Planck Society have discovered how five antibiotic drugs function by binding to the bacterial ribosome - the cell's 'protein factory' - and shutting off all protein production. Proteins are the cell's primary component and the basis of all enzymatic reactions. Blocking their production kills the bacterium.  
Israeli Scientists Discover Gene Responsible For Hereditary Muscle Disease Prevalent Among Jews Of Persian Descent

Israeli Scientists Discover Gene Responsible For Hereditary Muscle Disease Prevalent Among Jews Of Persian Descent

27.08.2001
Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science and from Hadassah University Hospital have identified the gene that in its mutated form causes a degenerative muscle disease known as hereditary inclusion body myopathy, or HIBM. This disease is common in Jews from Iran and from the neighboring Middle Eastern countries, but it also occurs in non-Jews in different parts of the world. The findings are reported in the September issue of Nature Genetics.  

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