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Repeated Pregnancy Loss May Be Tied to the Olfactory System

Repeated Pregnancy Loss May Be Tied to the Olfactory System

29.09.2020

Brain & Behavior, Fertility

Understanding the connection could lead to a new search for the causes of unexplained spontaneous miscarriage

phages and bacterial cell

Bacteria Could Provide Us with the Next Antivirals

16.09.2020

Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Virus-fighting viperins, part of the human immune system, turn out to have bacterial counterparts that might boost the fight against human disease

The Weizmann Institute of Science and Mohamed bin Zayed University in the UAE to Collaborate on Artificial Intelligence Research

The Weizmann Institute of Science and Mohamed bin Zayed University in the UAE to Collaborate on Artificial Intelligence Research

13.09.2020

Math & Computer Science, Robotics and Machine Learning, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

The virtual signing ceremony will be followed by a visit of an Israeli delegation to the UAE

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Profiling the COVID-19 Coronavirus

09.09.2020

Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The new profile may lead to better diagnostics, and provide a better understanding of this unusual virusA new approach to understanding the virus may lead to better diagnostics and treatment

The Weizmann Institute of Science is Offering Emergency Fellowships for Israeli Postdocs Affected by COVID-19

The Weizmann Institute of Science is Offering Emergency Fellowships for Israeli Postdocs Affected by COVID-19

20.08.2020

The Institute has set aside a million dollars in matching funds to help young researchers get through a critical stage in their scientific careers

pain response

Targeting a Chronic Pain Gateway Could Bring Relief

14.08.2020

Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new approach to chronic pain treatment targets a molecule that moves pain messages into nerve cell nuclei

INs-seq illustration

Internal Differences: A New Method for Seeing into Cells

10.08.2020

The new technology may help answer outstanding questions about the immune system, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and more

Fluorescent image of artificial cells on a chip. The differences in genetic composition between cells produced the different colors, which reveal stages in building parts of a virus

Artificial Cells Produce Parts of Viruses for Safe Studies

20.07.2020

Nanoscience, Materials Science, Viruses & Microorganisms, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

The Weizmann Institute of Science group demonstrated the production of protein assembly lines on a silicon chip

Lung cancer samples: Far left untreated. Lung cancer tissue failed to respond when exposed to a microtubule inhibitor drug (left) or to a drug that enhanced the apoptosis-inducing pathway (middle). But when the two drugs were applied together to the same tissue, the cancer cells died (right)

A New Approach to Tailoring Cancer Therapy: Tapping into Signaling Activities in Cancer Cells

16.07.2020

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Matching drugs to tumors may lead to personalized treatment and new therapies

iceberg

The Magnetic History of Ice

28.06.2020

Planetary Science

The findings could help us understand the history of other bodies in our solar system

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