MicroRNA

Eran Hornstein

Why is this Nerve Cell Different? Finding the Genetic Roots of ALS

02.01.2020

Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Q & A with Prof. Eran Hornstein on discovering why mutations in a gene for a tiny non-coding RNA could herald the onset of neurodegenerative...

Wild type megakaryocyte

21.07.2014

Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Genetics

Tiny bits of RNA are found to play a crucial role in blood cell maturation

depression

Tiny Molecule Could Help Diagnose and Treat Mental Disorders

19.06.2014

Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists “fingerprint” a culprit in depression, anxiety and other mood disorders

Gene Decoding Obeys Road Traffic Rules

Gene Decoding Obeys Road Traffic Rules

31.07.2013

Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics

Keeping a proper distance between "vehicles" along a gene "track" results in more efficient production of small RNA molecules

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Shedding Light on the Dark Hours

Credit: Coleen Murphy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Cracking the Code of a Worm's Throat

“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

Burning Cancer’s Bridges

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“Eight Shining Examples of Excellence”

The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions

A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking

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Checking the Dosage

Prof. Yoram Groner is a pioneer in Down syndrome research

Israeli Researchers to Participate in European Commission Flagship

The European Commission has officially announced the selection of the Human Brain Project (HBP) as one of its two Future Emerging Technologies (FET) Flagship projects.

Prof. Zvi Artstein, Vice President for Technology Transfer

Prof. Zvi Artstein