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Mutation

Mutations shed light on cancer
24.11.2015

In children, lack of a protein causes a dangerous disease. Why do cancer cells suppress the same protein?

Genes that affect only half the population will have double the mutation rate
28.07.2014

Weizmann Institute researchers explain why genetic fertility problems can persist in a population

 

Pre-leukemic stem cells (top) with both mutated and healthy copies of the RUNX1 gene already display some of the characteristics of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). When the non-mutated copy of the gene is inactivated, disruptions in the spindle-assembly-checkpoint phase of cell division trigger cell death
29.09.2013

Weizmann Institute researchers discover that a “standoff” between a mutated gene and its normal counterpart keeps certain cancer cells alive...

It All Depends
16.08.2010

"Helper" proteins can make the difference between a disastrous mutation and one that might even be an improvement

Dr. Oren Schuldiner. Early pruning for proper growth
01.10.2009
Dr. Oren Schuldiner is revealing how the developing brain is sculpted
Weizmann Institute Scientists Show how Proteins Beat the Evolutionary Stakes
02.12.2004

A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science has shown one way that evolving organisms beat the...

 Playing the Odds
01.10.1999
Error-prone gene repair may be a blessing in disguise for plants
Protein 'Heroes' Block Genetic Mutations
12.11.1997

REHOVOT, Israel - November 12, 1997 - Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered that two repair...

DNA
01.10.1994

Enzymes that repair DNA damage may end up preserving mutations in certain situations, according to new research