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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/gut-bacteria-have-outsized-influence
December 12, 2016
The bacteria we carry around with us in our digestive tract have an influence that spans far beyond the lining of our guts. In research recently published in Cell, a collaborative group at the Weizmann Institute of Science has connected the dots between gut bacteria, their changi...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/gut-microbes-contribute-recurrent-“yo-yo”-obesity
November 24, 2016
Embargoed until 1600 London time / 1100 US Eastern Time/ 18:00 Jerusalem Time, on 24 November, 2016 Following a successful diet, many people are dismayed to find their weight rebounding – an all-too-common phenomenon termed “recurrent” or “yo-yo” obesity. Worse still,...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/gut-bacteria-artificial-sweeteners-and-glucose-intolerance
September 17, 2014
Artificial sweeteners, promoted as aids to weight loss and diabetes prevention, could actually hasten the development of glucose intolerance and metabolic disease; and they do it in a surprising way: by changing the composition and function of the gut microbiota – the substa...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/inside-look-probiotics
September 6, 2018
Every day, millions of people take probiotics – preparations containing live bacteria that are meant to fortify their immune systems, prevent disease or repair the adverse effects of antibiotics. Yet the benefits of probiotics have not really been medically proven. It is not even...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/gut-microbes-may-drive-weight-gain-after-smoking-cessation
December 8, 2021
Cigarette smoking, practiced by over a billion people worldwide, is considered a leading cause of disease, accounting for over six million deaths each year. Many people don’t quit smoking, despite expressing a desire to do so, because they are concerned about the substantial weig...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/look-forward
November 30, 2019
Dear Chairman of the International Board Prof. Jehuda Reinharz; Chairman of the Executive Board Mr. Shimshon Harel; members of the Board; Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute, and his leadership team, Prof. Michal Neeman, Prof. Israel Bar-Joseph, Prof. Mudi S...
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