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Blocking Brain-Liver Communication May Prevent Deadly Weight Loss in Cancer

07.08.2025

Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The study highlights the crucial role of brain–body crosstalk in health and disease

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Peeling Back the Layers of Brain Tumors

29.08.2024

Brain & Behavior, Cancer

Weizmann scientists have mapped common types of brain tumors at unprecedented resolution – and identified a possible reason why some patients fail...

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Blocking Distraction: How Growing Blood Vessels Do It All

05.10.2021

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

A study of the genetic basis of blood vessel growth finds a surprise player helping cells ace this complex feat

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Avoiding Loss: A Neural Key to Anxiety and PTSD

The developing brain of a two-week-old mouse pup under the microscope. The oxytocin system appears in green, the light-sensitive protein in red and cells that carry both show up in yellow. Cell nuclei are in blue

Shining a Light on the Developing Brain: How Parental Separation Shapes Us

Weizmann Institute of Science Launches the Michael Sela Prize in Biomedical Sciences

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Avoiding Loss: A Neural Key to Anxiety and PTSD

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Weizmann Institute of Science Launches the Michael Sela Prize in Biomedical Sciences

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