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Peripheral sensory neurons in a laboratory dish
Unlocking a Secret Nerve Cell Regenerator
31.08.2023
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Evolution and Development

A protein facilitating nerve cell repair in the peripheral nervous system might one day point to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases...

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Gaining Weight? You Have a Bone to Pick with Calcium
31.07.2023
Brain & Behavior, Nutrition, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Weizmann Institute scientists discovered a gene that may cause weight gain in older people, regardless of their diet

Collagen fibers deposited by fibroblasts in the tumor microenvironment, viewed under a microscope. The fibers form an orderly pattern in tumors with an unmutated BRCA gene (top); in contrast, in tumors of patients harboring BRCA mutations (bottom), the collagen structure is disordered
Thugs in the Cellular Neighborhood
08.02.2023
Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Weizmann Institute scientists have discovered how mutations in the BRCA genes, particularly prevalent among Ashkenazi Jews, lead to...

An illustration showing four modular enzyme fragments (highlighted) that Weizmann Institute’s CADENZ method can combine to generate active enzymes at a hitherto unseen rate
Building Better Enzymes – by Breaking Them Down
12.01.2023
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Evolution and Development, Environment, Energy, Plants and Agriculture, Climate, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology

In a major step toward greener industry, Weizmann Institute scientists create a computational method for generating enzymes with unprecedented...

Tiny droplets formed by peptides and RNA, viewed under a microscope
Life’s Mysteries Converge in a Droplet
06.12.2022
Organic Chemistry, Evolution and Development

Recreating conditions that may have existed before the dawn of life, researchers watched droplets give rise to possible precursors of today’s...

Dr. Shiran Barber-Zucker and Prof. Sarel Fleishman. Protein Goldmine
Designing Proteins Just Got a Lot Easier
13.04.2022
Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry

Forget crystals. AI gives Weizmann’s algorithms the means to design biomolecules with a huge range of valuable functions

Mouse myoblasts after a 24-hour exposure to a molecule blocking the ERK enzyme. The exposure caused the cells to undergo massive fusion, forming muscle fibers (red) with multiple nuclei (blue) // Dr. Tamar Eigler (Prof. Tzahor's research group)
The Meat, the Muscle, and the Motion of Cell Fusion
20.12.2021
Nutrition, Stem Cells, Molecular and Cell Biology, Technology & Applications, Yeda Technology Transfer, Biotechnology

Revelations about muscle stem cell fusion find their way into the food tech industry

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The Body’s Daily Jam Session
11.10.2021
Nutrition, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

How are the body’s day-night cycles orchestrated between different organs, tissues and cells? 

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Cells and the City
03.10.2021
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Tracing the evolution of protein maintenance in cellular "boroughs...

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The Body’s Main (Cellular) Squeeze
13.09.2021
Molecular and Cell Biology

The secrets of “professional secretor” cells: how they stay in shape

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Dumpster Diving in Cancer Tissue Uncovers an Immune Evasion Mechanism

A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a human embryo at day 12 has all the compartments typical of this stage. The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta

Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells

Peripheral sensory neurons in a laboratory dish

Unlocking a Secret Nerve Cell Regenerator

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Surviving on an Empty Battery

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A stem cell–derived human embryo model at a developmental stage equivalent to that of a human embryo at day 12 has all the compartments typical of this stage. The top sphere contains the part that will become the embryo itself, capped by the amnion; the bottom sphere is the yolk sac; the interface between them is a critical structural feature of human embryonic development. The two spheres are encapsulated by a cellular layer that will become the placenta
06.09.2023
Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells
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Surviving on an Empty Battery
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Computers can solve complex problems but they are far from omnipotent. Prof. Ran Raz of the Weizmann Institute's Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Department is trying to portray the limits...

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