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Left: Natural control mechanism blocks the enzyme's zinc active site. Right: Novel antibody works as effectively as the natural control mechanism
19.03.2012
A synthetic molecule causes a useful immune response in mice
Left: Natural control mechanism blocks the enzyme's zinc active site. Right: Novel antibody works as effectively as the natural control mechanism
26.12.2011

Institute scientist  “trick” the body into blocking an enzyme that abets disease processes

Weizmann Institute Scientists Show White Blood Cells Move like Millipedes
04.05.2009
How do white blood cells – immune system ‘soldiers’ – get to the site of infection or injury? To do so, they must crawl...
(l-r) Top: Julia Farache, Dr. Tali Feferman, Dr. Guy Shakhar and Ira Gurevich. Bottom: Orna Tal and Idan Milo. Intercepting a sneak attack
01.05.2009
New sophisticated microscopy techniques enable Dr. Guy Shakhar to get to the bottom of immune system activity
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Precise Pattern
01.10.2006

Institute scientists show precisely how a diabetes vaccine works

The Molecular Mechanism of a Diabetes Vaccine Revealed
19.06.2006

A team of researchers led by Prof. Irun Cohen of the Weizmann Institute of Science Immunology Department has revealed the...

Illusteration: HIV at the cell membrane
01.10.2005
Lessons from HIV may help to treat the immune system
How HIV Disables the Cells' Call for Help
07.07.2005
Weizmann Institute Scientists discover how an HIV protein fragment shuts down an immune response. Their finding may have...
(l-r) Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, Dr. Wangxia Wang, Prof. David Wallach, Tehila Ben Moshe and Dr. Tae Bong Kang. Resisting death
01.05.2005

A cell "death" gene may also be crucial for cellular life

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