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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/coronavirus-numbers
March 31, 2020
Numerical data sometimes reveal facts that are otherwise concealed within the rushing flow of information from an overwhelming number of sources. Prof. Ron Milo and research student Yinon Bar-On of the Weizmann Institute's Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, together...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/self-monitoring-sense-smell-may-help-detect-coronavirus
April 2, 2020
Along with fever, cough and shortness of breath – many coronavirus (COVID-19) patients report a temporary loss of their sense of smell. It appears that olfactory loss is significantly greater in COVID-19 patients compared to the loss that is often experienced during a cold, and l...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/science-teachingcampus/connecting-physics-–-remotely
April 7, 2020
Something remarkable is taking place these days when it comes to remote physics teaching. Even before educational institutions officially closed their doors due to the coronavirus crisis, the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute of Science had prepared for the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/weizmann-institute-science-began-conduct-coronavirus-testing-today
April 10, 2020
Following an agreement signed this morning between the Ministry of Health and the Weizmann Institute of Science, the Weizmann Institute began conducting tests to diagnose coronavirus today. The tests will be carried out at the Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Pe...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/slipping-through-coronaviruss-defense
April 19, 2020
Prof. Sarel Fleishman and colleagues of the Weizmann Institute of Science's Biomolecular Sciences Department use a unique research platform that combines the computational design of molecules and laboratory experiments – with the aim of designing tiny antibodies that can slip thr...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/self-synthesizing-ribosome
April 20, 2020
As the cell’s protein factory, the ribosome is the only natural machine that manufactures its own parts. That is why understanding how the machine, itself, is made, could unlock the door to everything from understanding how life develops to designing new methods of drug productio...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/ultimate-decoy-and-antibodies-fight-against-coronavirus
April 26, 2020
Dr. Ron Diskin of the Weizmann Institute's Structural Biology Department – an expert in deadly viruses, including Ebola and HIV – is concentrating his efforts on a two-pronged research project against the current coronavirus. His aim is to develop a "decoy" molecule that would al...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/weizmann-institute-scientists-develop-sniff-test-predicts-recovery-consciousness-brain
April 29, 2020
If an unconscious person responds to smell through a slight change in their nasal airflow pattern – they are likely to regain consciousness. This is the conclusion from a new study conducted by Weizmann Institute scientists and colleagues at the Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospita...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/israeli-american-british-labs-and-biotech-partner-speed-coronavirus-drug-development
May 4, 2020
Dr. Nir London of the Weizmann Institute of Science's Organic Chemistry Department is co-leading an ambitious project in collaboration with researchers from Oxford University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, University of British Columbia, and a Californian-based bio...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events/prof-ofer-zeitouni
May 4, 2020
Prof. Ofer Zeitouni has been elected as a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences....
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