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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/molecules-latest-cut
May 11, 2015
Our body’s cells have small “pairs of scissors” on the loose. These tiny molecular machines float in the cell’s cytoplasm chopping up unwanted proteins; Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered a regulatory mechanism that controls these molecular “scissors.” Their findings,...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/looking-links
May 25, 2015
“In addition to the 20,000 or so genes in the human genome that give rise to proteins, our DNA contains another 20,000 sequences that resemble those genes in many ways, but do not code for proteins,” says Dr. Igor Ulitsky of the Weizmann Institute’s Biological Regulation Departme...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/cellular-“detergent”-cleans-unsightly-clumps
May 27, 2015
One of the signs of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or Huntington’s is the appearance of clumps of misfolded proteins in the nerve cells. According to new research at the Weizmann Institute, the best way to break up these clumps could be to wash them o...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/stay-connected
May 27, 2015
Genes, like people, form “social” networks: They interact with numerous other genes, which, in turn, interact with yet others. Such interactions form the basis for biological entities called biological pathways, which make up the life of each living cell. Learning more about biol...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-education/awards-young-women-scientists
July 7, 2015
This year, another 11 young women who have excelled in their doctoral studies in science in a number of higher research institutions in Israel were awarded grants from a unique program of the Weizmann Institute of Science. The program is designed to advance women in the fields of...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/support-invasion
June 14, 2015
Like sci-fi creatures in a B movie, many types of cancer cells grow protrusions from their bodies. Some are simply "feelers” for interacting with the cell’s surrounding. But one particular class of such protrusions – the aptly named invadopodia – can degrade the surrounding matte...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/fingerprinting-our-sense-smell
June 29, 2015
Each of us has, in our nose, about six million smell receptors of around four hundred different types. The distribution of these receptors varies from person to person – so much so that each person’s sense of smell may be unique. In research recently published in the Proceedings...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/seeing-supernova-new-light
June 29, 2015
Type Ia supernovae are the “standard candles” astrophysicists use to chart distance in the Universe. But are these dazzling exploding stars truly all the same? To answer this, scientists must first understand what causes stars to explode and become supernovae. Recently, a unique...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/colon-cancer-taking-step-back-move-forward
June 29, 2015
Recent Weizmann Institute studies are revealing a complex picture of cancer progression in which certain genes that drive tumor growth in the earlier stages get suppressed in later stages – taking a step back to move forward. Current research in the lab of Prof. Avri Ben-Ze’ev of...
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