Mistaken but Not Always Wrong: Protein Errors Are under Control
Mapping where these errors occur was a feat they said couldn't be done. It turns out many are not random 01.08.2019 Getting a fix on when and where mistakes occur in the cellular manufacture of proteins is so challenging that a researcher in the United States once...
Gut Microbes May Affect the Course of ALS
Researchers isolated a molecule that may be under-produced in the guts of patients 22.07.2019 Gut microbes such as these were found to have altered levels in ALS patients Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have shown in mice that intestinal microbes,...
First Impressions Go a Long Way in the Immune System
An algorithm that predicts the immune response to a pathogen could lead to early diagnosis for such diseases as tuberculosis 22.07.2019 When immune cells (macrophage, blue) meet bacteria (red), the first day or two is critical for the eventual outcome First...
Small Institute, Outsized Impact
The Nature Index 2019 normalized ranking for research quality puts the Weizmann Institute of Science in the top three, globally 19.06.2019 “Size is not everything,” proclaims a Nature press release today. “Some smaller institutes are punching above their weight.” This...
Senescent Cells Bring Life to Injured Hearts
Zombie-like cells play a role in repair - if they are properly regulate 30.05.2019 Transient senescence: The hearts of zebrafish (top row), newborn mouse (middle row) and adult mouse (bottom row) contain hardly any senescent fibroblasts (cyan) prior to injury (left...
Turning Weakness into Strength for Protein Production Control
The new method may enable quality control without costly purification procedures 23.05.2019 Turning weakness into strength is a strategy for success championed by personal growth coaches and business consultants. The group of Prof. Michal Sharon in the Biomolecular...
The Hippo Pathway Keeps Cancer at Bay
What happens when genes in a cancer-preventing pathway are absent? 16.05.2019 (l-r) Top: Drs. Noa Furth and Yael Aylon. Bottom: Prof. Moshe Oren and Drs. Elena Ainbinder, Dena Leshkowitz and Ron Rotkopf A cancer research project conducted recently at the Weizmann...
Winners of the Evolution World Championship
The principles of test-tube evolution may guide further biotechnology research 13.05.2019 Evolution involves competition: It is a real-life game of “Survivor,” in which those that adapt the best get to live and reproduce. It’s a fascinating game, but for scientists,...
TOOKAD®, Invented at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Gains European Approval for Prostate Cancer
The treatment, approved for use in 31 countries, is now being marketed in Germany, Italy, Israel and Mexico 29.04.2019 TOOKAD® optic fibers illuminate only the cancerous regions, leaving healthy tissue alone Steba Biotech, a privately-owned company, in collaboration...
CEST la vie: High-Powered Magnets Improve Early Detection of Cancer in Rats
The method revealed tissue disruptions that cannot be seen by other means 17.04.2019 Brain of a rat implanted with glioblastoma cells. When viewed with MRI using the CEST method (right), brain tissue that has lost its integrity as a result of glioblastoma (light...