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Windows on your Mind: Weizmann Institute Scientists Reveal That Imagination Can Enhance Visual Perception

Windows on your Mind: Weizmann Institute Scientists Reveal That Imagination Can Enhance Visual Perception

09.12.1997
Brain & Behavior
REHOVOT, Israel - December 9, 1997 - Conjuring up images in the "mind's eye" enhances our ability to see what's really there, Weizmann Institute scientists have found. However, imagination greases the wheels of perception only when the images are drawn from short-term memory, the researchers report in the current issue of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.  
New Delivery System May Improve Gene Therapy

New Delivery System May Improve Gene Therapy

03.12.1997
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
REHOVOT, Israel - December 3, 1997 - In the genes of an organism, as in real estate, location is key. The functioning of any gene is significantly affected by its exact placement on the chromosome. However, scientists currently have no means of delivering a new gene to a predetermined location in a cell's chromosomes during genetic manipulation, such as gene therapy.  
Cell 'Suicide' Gene Linked To Metastasis

Cell 'Suicide' Gene Linked To Metastasis

13.11.1997
Genetics
REHOVOT, Israel - November 13, 1997 -A Weizmann Institute of Science study reported in the November 13 issue of Nature provides new evidence for an intriguing theory about the development of metastasis. According to this theory, one of the factors contributing to metastasis - the spread of cancer from the site of the primary tumor to other body organs - is a loss of a mechanism by which cells "commit suicide."  
Protein 'Heroes' Block Genetic Mutations

Protein 'Heroes' Block Genetic Mutations

12.11.1997
Biochemistry
REHOVOT, Israel - November 12, 1997 - Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered that two repair proteins perform a truly "heroic" act, stopping genetic mutations dead in their tracks. In a study reported in the November 14 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry , Institute researchers describe how these proteins "fling themselves" onto damaged genes, which, if replicated, lead to the formation of mutations.  
Therapeutic Effects of Garlic Clarified by Weizmann Institute Research

Therapeutic Effects of Garlic Clarified by Weizmann Institute Research

14.10.1997
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
REHOVOT, Israel - October 14, 1997 - Garlic is believed to work wonders, from fighting disease to keeping away vampires. Now two studies conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science have uncovered a molecular mechanism which may be the basis for some of garlic's therapeutic effects. The researchers were able to study how garlic works at the molecular level thanks to their unique biotechnological procedure for producing large quantities of pure allicin, garlic's main biologically active component.  
Tune Into This: Weizmann Institute Study Provides Evidence For a Radio-Like Mechanism in the Brain

Tune Into This: Weizmann Institute Study Provides Evidence For a Radio-Like Mechanism in the Brain

14.10.1997
Brain & Behavior
REHOVOT, Israel - October 14, 1997- Research conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science may give a whole new meaning to the phrase "stay tuned." Institute scientists have found evidence that when the brain interprets sensory input, it uses a mechanism remarkably similar to that of an FM radio.  
The Mathematical Tourist: Weizmann Institute Hosts Students from C.I.S.

The Mathematical Tourist: Weizmann Institute Hosts Students from C.I.S.

13.10.1997
Science Education
REHOVOT, Israel - October 13, 1997 - An elite group of high-school mathematics students from the former Soviet Union have learned that, if you want to get to Israel, you have to do your homework. These 19 students, who visited Israel recently, were chosen from among 3,000 participants in a special math enrichment program designed at the Weizmann Institute of Science and administered by Israel's Foreign Ministry.
Muscle-Bound Cells

Muscle-Bound Cells

01.10.1997
Genetics
For most of us, building up muscle comes from long hours at the gym. A recent study by Dr. Talila Volk of the Weizmann Institute's Molecular Genetics Department has shown that, on the cellular level, becoming muscle-bound is all a matter of who you bump into.  
Yaba-Daba-Glue! Stone-Age Use of Collagen Discovered

Yaba-Daba-Glue! Stone-Age Use of Collagen Discovered

01.10.1997
Scientific Archaeology
Collagen is one of the latest fads of today's cosmetics industry. Now research at the Weizmann Institute reveals that already back in the stone age, humans were putting this organic compound to use, albeit not in rejuvenating cosmetics. Dr. Arie Nissenbaum discovered an 8,000-year-old cache of collagen used as glue by mysterious Neolithic cavemen who lived in the area of the Dead Sea.    
Adult Onset Diabetes: An 'Imbalancing' Act

Adult Onset Diabetes: An 'Imbalancing' Act

01.10.1997
Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics
Although diabetes is the Western world's most common metabolic disease, adult-onset diabetes, which affects 90% of diabetes sufferers, is still poorly understood. Unlike the rarer juvenile condition in which the body destroys its own insulin-producing cells, in adult-onset, or Type II diabetes, insulin production is mysteriously impaired.

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