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A bacterial cell (elongated shape in the center) inside a glioblastoma tumor cell, as seen through an electron microscope. The black dots within the bacterium are engineered antibodies carrying gold particles that bind specifically to a component found only in bacterial cell envelopes and not in human cells
Bacteria on the Brain
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Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann researchers, together with Beilinson and Rambam physicians, reveal that diverse bacteria reside within brain tumors, potentially...

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Blocking Brain-Liver Communication May Prevent Deadly Weight Loss in Cancer
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The study highlights the crucial role of brain–body crosstalk in health and disease

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A New Blood Test May Detect Leukemia Risk and Replace Bone Marrow Sampling
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Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Benefiting Humanity, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Just days after their labs were damaged in the Iranian attack, Profs. Liran Shlush and Amos Tanay publish a study expected to advance the field of...

Multiple Proteins Viewed as Never Before
Multiple Proteins Viewed as Never Before
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Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

An AI-based method developed at Weizmann can exponentially increase the number of proteins imaged in tissues

Getting Cancer to Unmask Itself
Getting Cancer to Unmask Itself
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Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Researchers from Prof. Yardena Samuels’s lab manipulated cancer cells into making themselves visible to the immune system, creating a new...

Mouse heart tissue viewed under a microscope
A Broken Heart: Two Types of Scars, Two Paths to Healing
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Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A collaborative study reveals two kinds of scarring, dubbed hot and cold, in injured heart tissue, suggesting that treatments must take the...

A tumor sample from a human patient with the most common type of lung cancer (adenocarcinoma). Senescent cells are highlighted by their expression of the p16 (red) and the PD-L1 (green) proteins. Cell nuclei are in blue
Unclogging the Immune System
21.10.2024
Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

Weizmann Institute researchers reveal how aging cells evade our immune systems – and propose developing an innovative treatment for age-related...

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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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A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking
26.08.2024
Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Weizmann Institute researchers reveal how Copaxone protects the heart muscle and improves its function after a heart attack

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From the Volcanic Crater to the Lab: A Lesson in Survival

Human lung cancer tissue under a microscope. The enzymes (yellow) that unmask the immune-activating molecules are found near the TREM2 receptors (red) of the tumor-assisting macrophages. This targeted unmasking can prevent damage to healthy tissues

Turning the Tumor’s Shield into a Sword

A bacterial cell (elongated shape in the center) inside a glioblastoma tumor cell, as seen through an electron microscope. The black dots within the bacterium are engineered antibodies carrying gold particles that bind specifically to a component found only in bacterial cell envelopes and not in human cells

Bacteria on the Brain

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Human lung cancer tissue under a microscope. The enzymes (yellow) that unmask the immune-activating molecules are found near the TREM2 receptors (red) of the tumor-assisting macrophages. This targeted unmasking can prevent damage to healthy tissues
19.11.2025
Turning the Tumor’s Shield into a Sword
A bacterial cell (elongated shape in the center) inside a glioblastoma tumor cell, as seen through an electron microscope. The black dots within the bacterium are engineered antibodies carrying gold particles that bind specifically to a component found only in bacterial cell envelopes and not in human cells
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