Improving Health and Medicine

February 7, 2025

The Short and the Long of Protein Tails

Without their tails, thousands of proteins would be unable to fulfil their vital roles, and new Weizmann research shows that changes to these tails can cause rare genetic diseases. The...

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January 21, 2025

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

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

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December 27, 2024

Ants vs Humans: Putting Group Smarts to the Test

In a new Weizmann Institute of Science experiment just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), cooperation was shown to work out better for ants than...

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November 26, 2024

Shedding Light on the Dark Hours

Weizmann researchers have discovered why the wee hours of the day can be especially dangerous to our health. Why do asthma, heart attacks and many other health conditions tend to...

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October 29, 2024

Crystalizing Our Comprehension of Malaria

A definitive atomic structure of heme crystals, which are made by malaria parasites, could lead to better antimalarial drugs a new Weizmann study has revealed. Professor Leslie Leiserowitz first became intrigued by...

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October 23, 2024

Unclogging the Immune System

Weizmann Institute researchers have revealed how aging cells evade our immune systems and propose developing an innovative treatment for age-related diseases and chronic inflammation. Whenever a sink overflows, the flooding...

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October 15, 2024

Improving the Recipe for Gene Therapy

An innovative treatment for Gaucher disease has produced promising results in mice, giving hope to patients after decades of research. Gregory and Deborah Macres from California lost their son, Gregory,...

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September 27, 2024

Couples Therapy

A new Weizmann Institute of Science method is providing an unprecedented glimpse into the relationship between bacteria and their host cells. Like people, bacteria have their preferences when it comes...

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September 24, 2024

A Secret Recipe for Colorful and Versatile Animal Crystals

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have discovered how crystals are formed in the animal kingdom and show that two simple molecules can create a dizzying array of complex biological characteristics....

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September 10, 2024

Both Faster and Stronger

A new Weizmann Institute of Science approach promises to advance cancer immunotherapy by increasing the proliferation rate of cancer-targeting immune cells while retaining their ability to kill cancer cells. Cellular...

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September 5, 2024

New Circuit Made of DNA Has Everything Wired In

New research at the Weizmann Institute of Science has resulted in a new miniature genetic circuit that could lead to the next phase in bio-nanotechnology and artificial cell design. Weizmann...

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August 31, 2024

Peeling Back the Layers of Brain Tumours

Weizmann Insitute scientists have mapped common types of brain tumours at unprecedented resolution – and identified a possible reason why some patients fail to respond to a new drug. The...

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August 27, 2024

A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have found how the multiple sclerosis drug – Copaxone – protects the heart muscle and improves its function after a heart attack. In the late...

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August 16, 2024

Cactus Dreams: Revealing the Secrets of Mescaline Making

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science are tackling the thorny issue of securing a sustainable source of the psychedelic – Mescaline – for drug development, with a new study...

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August 14, 2024

Sticking a Pin in Cancer

A new cellular mechanism for identifying unravelled proteins, discovered by scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science and recently published in Molecular Cell, may serve as a target for cancer...

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August 9, 2024

Navigating the Digestive Tract

A comprehensive gene expression atlas of the human small intestine developed by the Weizmann Institute of Science, and just reported in Nature, has uncovered the secrets of nutrient absorption and...

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August 1, 2024

Finding Immune Cells under Our Very Noses

New research from the Weizmann Institute of Science – just published in Nature – shows that antibody-producing cells discovered inside the nasal conchae may help to develop new nasal vaccinations and...

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July 21, 2024

Catch a Virus by Its Tail

A bacterial immune system that alters the tails of phages – a parasitic virus that reproduces itself in bacteria – might help clarify an immunity mechanism in humans, a new...

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July 16, 2024

Sperm Welcome – But Their Mitochondria Must Go

Why do we inherit only maternal mitochondria? A new Weizmann Institute of Science study shows how the paternal versions are deliberately destroyed. Within minutes of fertilisation, the egg of a...

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July 8, 2024

The Constant Gardener Regulating Pain

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have discovered a protein that prunes nerve endings, regulating sensitivity to pain. The findings could help pave the way toward the development of new chronic...

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