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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/trillion-computers-drop-water
November 22, 2001
A group of scientists headed by Prof. Ehud Shapiro at the Weizmann Institute of Science has used biological molecules to create a tiny computer - a programmable two-state, two-symbol finite automaton - in a test tube. Reported today in Nature, this biological nanocomputer is so s...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/awards-and-appointments/new-president-weizmann-institute-science
November 14, 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....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/optimal-time-windows-successful-embryonic-tissue-transplant
February 15, 2005
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science have determined distinct gestational time windows for the growth of transplanted pig embryonic liver, pancreas and lung precursor tissue into functioning organs in mice. These findings – appearing this week in PNAS online Early Edit...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/scientists-uncover-exact-mode-action-five-antibiotic-drugs
October 25, 2001
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 co...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/backups-gene-team
March 1, 2005
Weizmann Institute Scientists discover how substitutions are made for injured genes If there were no bench for second-string players on a football team, who would substitute for tired or injured team members? A team of Weizmann Institute scientists has found that, if...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/new-strategic-partner-cancer-development
March 1, 2005
Research answers question: Why do nerve cell bundles “camp” near the invasive front of colon cancer tumors? Cancer growth is a long, complex, multi-stage process involving a variety of different “players.” This complexity is part of the difficulty facing cancer rese...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/israeli-scientists-discover-gene-responsible-hereditary-muscle-disease-prevalent-among
August 27, 2001
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...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/first-matter
April 18, 2005
A new particle detector built at the Weizmann Institute of Science will help probe the primordial universe When the first matter came into being right after the big bang, what was it like? It may not have been quite as scientists have been describing it. That’s one...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/embryonic-law-and-order
May 1, 2005
A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science reveals how fruit fly embryos impose order in early development Soon after fertilization, the cells in an embryo, which have been dividing furiously from the start, begin to take on different forms and to separat...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/side-effects
May 1, 2005
A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science has shown exactly why a new drug that’s been proven effective against colon cancer has sometimes serious side effects A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, working in collaboration with sci...
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