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Settled at Birth: Blood Vessels Remember Their Origins
Settled at Birth: Blood Vessels Remember Their Origins
25.05.2022
Stem Cells, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Evolution and Development

Blood vessels originating from lymphatic vessels were found to be tailored to specific functions

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Where the Blood-Brain Barrier Breaks Down
07.01.2019
Biochemistry, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology

The cells that keep blood vessels in the pituitary permeable to hormones may hold the key to future drug delivery

Immunofluorescence microscope image of the choroid plexus. Epithelial cells are in green and chemokine proteins (CXCL10) are in red
Scientists Identify the Signature of Aging in the Brain
29.09.2014
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology

Weizmann Institute researchers suggest that the brain's “immunological age” is what counts...

Immunostaining of brain section in which the epithelial choroid plexus expresses TGF-β (green), hanging in the brain ventricle, the keyhole-like structure delineated by the ependymal lining (red). In the box, monocytes (green) entering via the choroidal vasculature. The composition reflects the immune-educative nature of the choroid plexus as a gatekeeper of the route to the injured parenchyma
Gateway to the Brain
08.04.2013
Brain & Behavior, Immunology

Shifts in our immune system as we age might explain how older brains get “rusty”

Bringing Down Barriers
Bringing Down Barriers
14.02.2013
Biochemistry, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Organic Chemistry

An unusual protein sequence may help drugs cross the brain-blood barrier

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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

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23.01.2023
Look on the Bright Side of Earth
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
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