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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/researchers-find-new-method-mapping-gene-expression-mri
May 1, 2005
New findings show an iron storage molecule in the cell can serve as an advanced tool for mapping gene expression. Future gene therapy may use a technique in which non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to track this molecule. The results of this research, conducted...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/loop
May 17, 2005
A Weizmann Institute study finds that signals travel from a rat’s whiskers to its brain along three separate pathways Like blind peoples’ fingers, rats use their whiskers to engage in active sensing – a combination of movement and touch – when trying to figure out the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/math-computer-science/lineage-trees-cells
October 28, 2005
A multidisciplinary team at the Weizmann Institute of Science has developed an analytical method that can trace the lineage trees of cells Some fundamental outstanding questions in science: 'Where do stem cells originate?' 'How does cancer develop?' 'When do cell types sp...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/gene-responsible-anemia-type-cda-1-discovered
December 15, 2002
A combined effort between scientists at Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Tel Aviv University, and the Weizmann Institute of Science has led to the discovery of a gene responsible for a type of anemia primarily found in a number of Bedouin families, called congenital...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/scientist-magazine
November 4, 2005
The Scientist magazine: The Weizmann Institute of Science chosen as best place to work in academia (Philadelphia, PA) – The Scientist magazine announced today the winners of its third annual Best Places to Work in Academia survey. Topping the list in the 2005 survey o...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/prof-daniel-zajfman-nominated-next-president-weizmann-institute
December 6, 2005
Prof. Daniel Zajfman nominated as next President of the Weizmann Institute Mr. Mandy Moross of London, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Weizmann Institute of Science, announced today that the Institute’s nominating committee has recommended to the Board of...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/weizmann-institute-scientists-suggest-immune-cells-help-maintain-cognition-and-brain
January 16, 2006
New findings that may have implications in delaying and slowing down cognitive deterioration in old age REHOVOT, Israel – January 16, 2006 – A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, led by Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Neurobiology Department, has come up...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/scientific-archaeology/preserved-crystal-0
January 30, 2006
A newly discovered source of DNA in fossil bones holds promise for unearthing the past Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science recently discovered a new source of well-preserved ancient DNA in fossil bones. Their findings were published in the Proceedings of t...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/genes-neurons-and-internet-found-have-organizing-principles-–-some-identical
November 6, 2002
How do 30,000 genes in our DNA work together to form a large part of who we are? How do one hundred billion neurons operate in our brain? The huge number of factors involved makes such complex networks hard to crack. Now, a study published in the October 25 issue of Science...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/predicting-success
April 24, 2006
Weizmann Institute scientists create method for predicting chemotherapy success indicating how easily the drug can be delivered into the tumor Chemotherapy drugs, given intravenously, are the mainstay of the fight against cancer. But doctors know that sometimes these drug...
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