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https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/standing-together-against-terror-and-violence-call-international-science-community
October 16, 2023
Dear colleagues and friends, We write to you today not only as scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, but also as fellow researchers and advocates for truth, knowledge, and humanity. As you all know, Israel suffered an unprecedented attack by Hamas terrorists last...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/people/sustainable-science
April 7, 2023
In a quiet spot in the Wolfson Building on the Weizmann Institute campus, a powerful but disused microscope was slowly gathering dust. The instrument, which had been used by a researcher who is no longer at the Weizmann Institute of Science, cost tens of thousands of shekels w...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/gut-microbes-may-drive-weight-gain-after-smoking-cessation
December 8, 2021
Cigarette smoking, practiced by over a billion people worldwide, is considered a leading cause of disease, accounting for over six million deaths each year. Many people don’t quit smoking, despite expressing a desire to do so, because they are concerned about the substantial weig...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/surprising-players-acute-liver-failure-point-potential-treatment
October 26, 2020
Acute liver failure is a devastating, rapidly progressing disease that results in death in 80% of cases, unless an emergency liver transplant is performed. In the developed world, its leading cause is a substantial overdose of acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol. In a stu...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/11th-president-weizmann-institute-and-four-new-vice-presidents-take-office
December 1, 2019
The 11th president of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Prof. Alon Chen, took office today. He is joined by four new vice presidents, all of whom assumed their new mantles today. “The Weizmann Institute is a world-leading research institution that generates transformative knowle...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/look-forward
November 30, 2019
Dear Chairman of the International Board Prof. Jehuda Reinharz; Chairman of the Executive Board Mr. Shimshon Harel; members of the Board; Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute, and his leadership team, Prof. Michal Neeman, Prof. Israel Bar-Joseph, Prof. Mudi S...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/chemistry/blocking-resistance-could-reduce-insecticide-use
October 28, 2019
Thousands of tons of insecticides are spewed on crops and farm animals worldwide, and these amounts are still growing because the insects are increasingly developing resistance to the chemicals. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science, in collaboration with scientists in...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/gut-microbes-may-affect-course-als
July 22, 2019
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have shown in mice that intestinal microbes, collectively termed the gut microbiome, may affect the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. As reported today in Nature, progression of an A...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/inside-look-probiotics
September 6, 2018
Every day, millions of people take probiotics – preparations containing live bacteria that are meant to fortify their immune systems, prevent disease or repair the adverse effects of antibiotics. Yet the benefits of probiotics have not really been medically proven. It is not even...
https://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/life-sciences/der-körper-weiß-es-am-besten-ein-natürlicher-heilmechanismus-für-entzündliche
May 30, 2018
Die Behandlung entzündlicher Darmerkrankungen ist extrem schwierig: Gene, Darmmikroben und gestörte Immunfunktionen tragen alle dazu bei. Wissenschaftler des Weizmann Instituts für Wissenschaft schlagen einen Weg vor, um diese Komplexität zu bewältigen. In einer Studie an Mäusen,...
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