Pioneers in research that has led to better health and medicine world-wide, Weizmann has a long list of achievements.
Researchers from Professor Yardena Samuels’s lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science have manipulated cancer cells into making themselves visible to the immune system, creating a new approach that gives hope to patients with previously untreatable disease. When your...
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have found that male roundworms do not learn from experience as well as females do – and discovered the neural receptor responsible, which also exists in humans. In human society, men tend to be seen as risk-takers,...
A Weizmann Institute of Science study about a newly discovered immune mechanism holds promise in light of the growing resistance to antibiotics. Much like humans generate mountains of garbage, our cells are constantly discarding proteins that are damaged or no longer...
A collaborative study from the Weizmann Institute of Research has revealed two kinds of scarring, dubbed hot and cold, in injured heart tissue, suggesting that treatments must take the type of scar into account. Not all scars are created equal. That’s the conclusion...
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 fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where...
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 of the intestines and their impact on human disease. If the organs in our bodies could talk, the...
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 for humans. Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly...
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 strike in the early hours of the morning? One possible explanation for this mysterious...
A newly developed antibody-based treatment for the most aggressive type of breast cancer could also be used to treat many other cancers new Weizmann Institute of Science research shows. “Build your enemy a golden bridge to retreat across” is a piece of advice said by...
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 malaria when he was a young boy in South Africa. His...
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 is usually caused by a blockage that has...
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, in 1997, when he was just 4 years old. Little Gregory had a...
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 to relationships. Some are totally independent, while others prefer...
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. What do fish, chameleons, crabs and Walter White, the...
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 immunotherapy, a leading form of cancer treatment,...
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 researchers were thrilled when they managed to observe the birth of a protein...
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 cells that make up cancerous brain tumours are extremely varied and sometimes...
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 1960s, three Weizmann Institute of Science researchers developed several...
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 revealing they have made the first crucial move. Mescaline, a natural hallucinogen...
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 therapies. “Who will watch the watchers?” asked Roman poet Juvenal...
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 defence against infection. Tourists visiting an unfamiliar city would...
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 treatments for allergies and nervous system disorders. The nose is a...
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 Weizmann Institute of Science study shows. Phages have a head and a tail. The head contains the...
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 fruit fly becomes a scene from the battle of the sexes. The egg attacks...