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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/earth-sciences/stopping-short
November 1, 1996
Unlike animals, plants cannot run away from danger. They have therefore evolved various mechanisms to protect themselves against environmental stresses such as heat, cold, drought, mechanical pressure and lack of oxygen. One such protective measure is a slackening of their growth...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/protein-heroes-block-genetic-mutations
November 12, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel - November 12, 1997 - Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered that two repair proteins perform a truly "heroic" act, stopping genetic mutations dead in their tracks. In a study reported in the November 14 issue of the Journal of Biological...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/cell-suicide-gene-linked-metastasis
November 13, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel - November 13, 1997 -A Weizmann Institute of Science study reported in the November 13 issue of Nature provides new evidence for an intriguing theory about the development of metastasis. According to this theory, one of the factors contributing to metastasis...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/fitness-test-hormones
November 1, 1996
From pregnancy to potency, hormones are involved in regulating basic body functions. It is, therefore, often crucial to know whether these essential substances, which may be present in extremely low concentrations, are performing properly. Commonly used diagnostic tests can'...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/new-delivery-system-may-improve-gene-therapy
December 3, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel - December 3, 1997 - In the genes of an organism, as in real estate, location is key. The functioning of any gene is significantly affected by its exact placement on the chromosome. However, scientists currently have no means of delivering a new gene to a pre...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/too-much-good-thing
November 1, 1996
A major feature of Parkinson's disease, the brain disorder that causes muscle tremors, stiffness and weakness, is a shortage of the signal molecule dopamine in the brain. A new Weizmann Institute study now confirms the prevalent theory that this shortage results from dopam...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/windows-your-mind-weizmann-institute-scientists-reveal-imagination-can-enhance-visual
December 9, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel - December 9, 1997 - Conjuring up images in the "mind's eye" enhances our ability to see what's really there, Weizmann Institute scientists have found. However, imagination greases the wheels of perception only when the images are drawn from short-term memory...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/weizmann-institute-president-appointed-special-advisor-madame-edith-cresson
March 6, 1997
REHOVOT, Israel -- March 6, 1997 -- Mme Edith Cresson, former Prime Minister of France and currently a member of the European Commission with responsibility for science, research and technological development, has just announced the appointment of Weizmann Institute of Scien...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/weizmann-institute-astrophysicist-hot-tracks-new-strange-star
January 12, 1998
REHOVOT, Israel - January 12, 1998 - A new "strange" star is suspected to be lurking in our galaxy - and a Weizmann Institute astrophysicist is hot on its tracks. In research published in the January 12 issue of Physical Review Letters, Prof. Vladimir Usov...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/new-method-separation-isotopes
February 23, 1997
First Practical Application of a Textbook Concept Bridging the Gap Between Classical and Quantum Physics REHOVOT, Israel -- February 23, 1997 -- A Weizmann Institute of Science researcher has turned a 70-year-old textbook concept in quantum mechanics into a practi...
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