The Importins of Anxiety
According to some estimates, up to one in three people around the world may experience severe anxiety in their lifetime. In a study recently published in Cell Reports, researchers at...
Profiling a Killer in Warm Blood
Cancer arises when cells lose control. Deciphering the ‘blueprint’ of cancer cells – outlining how cancer cells hijack specific pathways for uncontrolled proliferation – will lead to more efficient ways...
Liver Cells Give Away Their ‘Friends’ Locations
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have discovered that by pairing liver cells in cell research makes it easier to find and the smaller ones, which are often hard...
Designing Better Proteins
A computational method for designing dramatically more efficient versions of enzymes, being developed at the Weizmann Institute of Research, may lead to new avenues of drug design and new treatments...
‘Undead’ Cell Migration Highlights Personalised Cancer Treatment
If the molecular machines in our cells were as noisy as their factory-sized counterparts, our bodies would be constantly humming. A cell’s demolition machines – enzymes called caspases that under...
The Dark Side of the Bone
The discovery of stem cell light and darkness cycles may advance bone marrow transplantation according to new research. Bone marrow replenishes the blood daily with billions of short-lived mature cells,...
Looking in Cellular Trash Cans for Answers
A novel technology developed by the Weizmann Institute of Science for profiling protein turnover and degradation is offering new insight into diagnosis and understanding the molecular basis of autoimmunity, cancer,...
The Giving Tree of Life
A new tool developed by Weizmann Institute of Science researchers for mapping cells reveals how complex regulatory systems evolved to help diverse cell types cooperate. The first multi-celled organisms began...
Ultra-Personalised Therapy for Melanoma on Horizon
The recovery rates in new immunotherapy treatments for melanoma have risen dramatically, in some cases to around 50%, but these could go higher. A new study led by researchers at...
An Inside Look at Probiotics – One Size Does Not Fit All
Every day, millions of people take probiotics – preparations containing live bacteria that are meant to fortify their immune systems, prevent disease or repair the adverse effects of antibiotics. But...
Opening the ‘Quantum Gates’ for Future Computing
The quantum computers of the future will be able to perform computations today’s computers cannot. These may likely include the ability to crack the encryption that is currently used for...
Disrupted Nitrogen Metabolism Might Spell Cancer
Nitrogen is a basic building block of all the body’s proteins, RNA and DNA, so cancerous tumors are greedy for this element. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science, in...
Combined Approach Offers Hope to Lung Cancer Patients Who Become Resistant to Drugs
New-generation lung cancer drugs have been effective in a large number of patients, but within about a year, the patients tend to develop resistance to the therapy. Researchers at the...
Semi-arid Forests Could Reduce Global Warming
Although new trees are cropping up in many places around the globe in an effort to fight climate change, it has become apparent that not all types of forests are...
‘Re-educating’ Cancer Cells Could Reverse Malignancy
It doesn’t often happen that army generals switch sides in the middle of a war, but when cancer’s attack is underway, it may even cause a gene that acts as...
Recalculating the Route: The Ant Version
Humans cooperate to move heavy objects – whether they are lifting stones for the building of a pyramid or just moving the fridge. The only other creature known to cooperate...
Body Knows Best: A Natural Healing Mechanism for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Findings from the Weizmann Institute of Medical Research suggest that boosting signals in certain cells and not in others might help treat colon cancer. Treating inflammatory diseases of the bowel...
“Lord of the Rings” Protein Jump-Starts Nerve Repair
When the body needs to repair nerve injury, the machinery is already in place. Hidden within nerve cells is a ‘one-ring-to-rule-them-all’ kind of trigger: a molecular machine that can ramp...
A Rulebook for Living Cells
New research from the Weizmann Institute of Science and recently published in Nature Communications has delved into the process by which small sequences of RNA – microRNAs – regulate the long...
Food Waste: The Biggest Loss Could be What You Choose to Put in Your Mouth
A new analysis from the Weizmann Institute of Science and partners suggests hundreds of millions more could eat from the same resources if we switched to plant-based diets. About a...