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Biological Chemistry

(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

The 3-D structure of the PON1 enzyme. The main section, in red, is the scaffold of the enzyme and is responsible for PON1’s primary function, while the blue and gray segments can undergo mutation and endow PON1 with additional, promiscuous functions
01.05.2005

In the high-stakes game of evolution, some proteins hedge their bets

Slow Release
01.05.2005

"Chains" that fall away slowly could lead to new time-release drugs

Allicin Wonderland
01.04.2005

Weizmann Institute Scientists “weaponize” an antibody to deliver continuous attacks on cancer cells

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A Long and Winding Road
01.03.2005

Molecular messengers perform crucial role in nerve cell repair

 
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Weizmann Institute Scientists Show how Proteins Beat the Evolutionary Stakes
02.12.2004

A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science has shown one way that evolving organisms beat the...

Prof. Ehud Shapiro
10.10.2004

The World Technology Award for Biotechnology was given to the Israeli scientist for innovations in biological...

Drs. Dan Tawfik and Amir Aharoni. Pondering PON
01.10.2004

Why are some people less prone to heart disease or neuronal damage? An elusive protein named PON might be the answer

(l-r) Uri Ben-Dor, Prof. Ehud Shapiro, Yaakov Benenson, Dr. Rivka Adar and Binyamin Gil. Doctor-in-a-cell
01.10.2004
Tiny DNA computing devices have been programmed to find signs of cancer in a test tube...
Top (l-r): Prof. Gideon Schreiber, Dana Reichmann, Noga Kozer, Ofer Rahat, Dr. Kay Gottschalk, Diego Jaitin. Middle: Renne Abramovich and Dr. Tal Peleg-Shulman. Bottom: Yossie Shaul and Yossie Kutner
31.08.2004

The pioneering research by Schreiber and others will advance the development of algorithms targeting a better understanding of...

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