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09.01.2024

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers call for a new kind of test – one that will ensure evolutionary safety – ...

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14.12.2023

New study reveals how high blood sugar makes lung infections worse; the findings may lead to a strategy for reversing this susceptibility...

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10.11.2023

An open-access format for drug discovery is helping design medications against potential viral threats

(l-r) Dr. Tali Feferman, Dr. Inbal Farkash, and Dr. Rony Dahan
01.03.2022

By analyzing and comparing the antibodies produced in ill, recovering and vaccinated individuals, Weizmann scientists demonstrate different modes...

The inner lining of a mouse gut has finger-like projections (white) and harbors lymphatic organs (red) containing germinal centers (green). Viewed with confocal microscopy
18.02.2022

When a second infection follows on the heels of a first, the two arms of our immune system may clash

SARS-CoV-2 infected cells
26.08.2021

How SARS-CoV-2 jams an important cellular communications channel and what can be done to restore it

Illustration of SARS-CoV-2 attaching to an ACE2 receptor located on the host cell's membrane. Source: Shutterstock
18.08.2021

Therapeutic approach developed by Weizmann Institute scientists could spell new hope in the battle against COVID-19 

Maskit Golan, "Isolation and staring at the horizon during COVID-19"
08.08.2021

Using comprehensive digital questionnaires, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers map out the impact that COVID-19 has had on the levels...

Microscopic image of cultured human lung cells infected with SARS-CoV-2
11.05.2021

A new study exposes how SARS-CoV-2 tampers with the cell's hardware to outsmart the immune system