Pioneers in research that has led to better health and medicine world-wide, Weizmann has a long list of achievements.
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...
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 pain management methods. Like treetops reaching high into the sky...
Altered glucose digested by cancer cells helps reveal tumours’ hiding places, new research at the Weizmann Insitute of Science shows. Pancreatic cancer is difficult to detect, in part because the pancreas sits deep in the abdominal cavity in a position that can vary...
Weizmann Institute of Science Research has discovered that autophagic organelles actively restrict the size of their mouths – but what does that signify? Autophagy literally means ‘self-eating’ and is a cellular cleaning-out process that maintains our bodies in good...
Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Weizmann Institute of Science have developed the first-ever complete central nervous system on a chip, emulating that of a human embryo, from the forebrain to the bottom of the spinal cord. Once upon a time, we were...
Life sciences have never been more digital. To learn more about life processes, biologists are collecting massive quantities of data that computer scientists analyse by means of sophisticated computational models that they develop. Over the past few years, Dr Ori...
A Weizmann Institute method for tracking the effects of drugs on zebrafish may help develop improved therapies for depression and other mood-related disorders. Psychedelics are a hot topic in labs all over the world because they hold great potential for relieving the...
New research from the Weizmann Insitute of Science shows that by studying wild mice in near-natural conditions, different strategies used by females and males in forming social hierarchies were revealed. For animals, including humans, one’s place in the social...
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have identified a yeast that might be used to prevent invasive candidiasis, a major cause of death in hospitalised and immunocompromised patients. The study, just published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM),...
Weizmann Institute of Science scientists have discovered two small molecules that can cross the blood-brain barrier in mice, slowing and even reversing the effects of Huntington’s, which is incurable. The human brain is a well-guarded control centre. Its system of...
Using three AI protein prediction tools, a Chinese-Israeli study at the Weizmann Institute of Science uncovered new wrinkles in the folding story of ‘orphan’ proteins. When Weizmann Professors Joel Sussman and Israel Silman were asked to mentor Chinese students online...