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From Cancer to Alzheimer’s: Engineered Immune Cells Reduce Plaques in the Brain

09.02.2026

Brain & Behavior, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

After transforming the treatment of blood cancers, the CAR-T approach developed at the Weizmann Institute is now showing promise in a mouse model of...

The Human Phenotype Project

Meet Your Digital Twin

15.07.2025

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Personalized Medicine, Benefiting Humanity, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

This AI Model Can Predict Your Future Health – and Help You Change It

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A New Blood Test May Detect Leukemia Risk and Replace Bone Marrow Sampling

27.06.2025

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...

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New Immune Mechanism Revealed in the Cellular Trash

05.03.2025

Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The discovery holds promise in light of the growing resistance to antibiotics

Illustration by Yael Leibovitch and Simone Dell’Ariccia

We Know What You Ate: Detailed Protein Maps Assess Intestinal Health

20.01.2025

Personalized Medicine, Nutrition, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new Weizmann Institute study identified all of the proteins in a stool sample – those from the microbiome, the human body and food – revealing the...

Human lung cancer cells harboring the L858R mutation in the EGFR gene. Cell nuclei are in blue. The red color marks a protein that is present in the cell cytoplasm when the EGFR is active and driving the uncontrolled cell divisions

A Select Group: Study May Bring Improved Therapy to Preselected Lung Cancer Patients

08.08.2023

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute researchers identify a biomarker that may one day enable a subgroup of lung cancer patients to benefit from relapse-free treatment

A section of a mouse brain under the microscope. The yellow color shows the complex structure of a mature oligodendrocyte, with numerous branches that reach out to the surrounding cells

Vive la Différence: Brain Cells of Males and Females Respond Differently to Chronic Stress

01.08.2023

Brain & Behavior, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new study in mice could pave the way to personalized therapy for depression, anxiety and other stress-related disorders known to produce different...

Tissue sample of a particularly aggressive skin cancer reveals immune cells (yellow) that express on their surfaces a “brake pedal” receptor called FcgIIb (purple); cell nuclei are in blue

Immunotherapy Drugs Step on the Gas

05.03.2023

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Sometimes anticancer antibodies press on the gas and the brakes at the same time. New research might help them accelerate better

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The Protein Wears Prada

26.01.2023

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Technology & Applications, Biotechnology, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new computational method that tracks multiple protein modifications promises to shed new light on unsolved biomedical problems

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Human Tumors Are Prized Real Estate for Fungi, Study Finds

29.09.2022

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms

The findings demonstrate that fungi are living in tumors and may facilitate cancer detection, diagnosis and perhaps even treatment

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