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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/deciphering-gauchers-disease
October 1, 2003
An interdisciplinary team of Weizmann Institute scientists has solved the 3-D structure of an enzyme involved in Gaucher's disease, a genetic illness that mainly affects Ashkenazi Jews. The study, published in EMBO Reports, may lead to the design of effective new therapies....
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/stem-cells-call
October 1, 2003
They still don't have a personality and they're waiting for the maturity call. Stem cells in our bone marrow usually develop into blood cells, replenishing our blood system. However, in an emergency, the destiny of some of these stem cells may change: They can become virtual...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people-and-events---science-culture/soap-bubbles-dinosaurs
October 1, 2003
How ice cream freezes, why dinosaurs had long tails and how rainbows form were among the topics investigated at this year's Science Festival. More than 10,000 came to the Weizmann Institute to take part in the fun during the Passover break. The Clore Garden...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/absolute-zero
October 1, 1998
Think of a Zero. Chances are your mind didn't land on laser beams, drift to Doppler effects, or free associate atoms of gas flying through the air at the greatest of ease. That's what Dr. Nir Davidson and his colleagues from the Institute's Physics of Complex Systems Departm...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/modern-day-geppetto
October 1, 1998
Reuven Anati. Around fifty exhibits are already standing Moon Swing. Wet Whee...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/it-all-depends
August 16, 2010
Are they good or are they bad? Genetic mutations, that is. The answer, like the answers to so many other questions in life is: It all depends. What it depends on is context, and that context has to do with Darwin and the ways in which cancer inhabits and inhibits...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/montezumas-final-act
May 1, 2003
When the Spaniards conquered Mexico in the early 16th century, they were met with an unexpected form of resistance: life-threatening dysentery, which they called "Montezuma's revenge" (Montezuma being the...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/between
October 1, 1998
Save one penny. Save a second, and a third, until you've accrued enough to buy a 1,000-acre property. This is one metaphor for picturing the way molecule-upon-molecule, when combined, will a crystal of solid material make. In reality, it would take a mighty long time to amas...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/lost-cyberspace-take-genecards
October 1, 1998
Even the most experienced cyberscientist can easily get lost in the vast labyrinth of data on human genes available on the Internet thanks to the international Human Genome Project. Now Weizmann Institute scientists have created GeneCards, a new on-line database and software tool...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/space-physics/bring-rain
May 1, 2003
A fast-paced rain dance inside clouds brings on rainfall, shows a new Weizmann study. The findings, published in Nature, may provide an effective tool for rain prediction. The Weizmann team has revealed that turbulent whirlpools within clouds spin heavy droplets outw...
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