RNA “Specialists” Activate Nerve Regeneration

RNA “Specialists” Activate Nerve Regeneration

Jan 25, 2019 | Non classé

Researchers identify a genetic “switch” that is only active when nerves are injured 24.01.2019 Regeneration of neuronal branches, surrounded by glia cells (whose nuclei are marked by blue dots), in a mouse sciatic nerve, seven days (top) and 25 days...
A gift for drug discovery

A gift for drug discovery

Jan 21, 2019 | Non classé

Weizmann establishes the Dr. Barry Sherman Institute for Medicinal Chemistry DATE: JANUARY 21, 2019 SOURCE: WEIZMANN HOMEPAGE It is the purview of pharmaceutical companies to develop potential medications, then market and sell them to patients. And in the halls of...
No Rest for Weary Immune Cells

No Rest for Weary Immune Cells

Jan 17, 2019 | Non classé

An advanced method for investigating the activity of single cells could lead to better immunotherapy drugs 14.01.2019 Postdoctoral fellows (l-r) Drs. Hanji Li, Yaniv Lubling and Ido Yofe Why do some cancer patients respond well to immunotherapy, while others do not?...
Where the Blood-Brain Barrier Breaks Down

Where the Blood-Brain Barrier Breaks Down

Jan 10, 2019 | Non classé

The cells that keep blood vessels in the pituitary permeable to hormones may hold the key to future drug delivery 07.01.2019 Blood vessels of the zebrafish pituitary before (left) and after (right) inhibition of permeability The so-called blood-brain barrier is a...
Lowering the Handbrakes on Stem Cell Production

Lowering the Handbrakes on Stem Cell Production

Jan 3, 2019 | Non classé

Cells that are reprogrammed to become stem cells benefit when a protein complex is removed 03.01.2019 Stem cell colonies lacking the protein Gatad2a (the two left-hand images) compared to normal stem cells (the two on the right). Green staining shows proteins typical...