Getting Under the Skin of an Autoimmune Disorder
Supporting actors sometimes steal the show, and in a new study published this week in Cell, researchers, headed by Professor Ido Amit at the Weizmann Institute of Science, showed that...
New Method Sees Into More Cells Than Ever Before
A new technology developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science may help answer outstanding questions about the immune system, cancer, Alzheimer’s, and more. Invading cells’ private space – prying into...
Potential New Drug Molecule Identified
Weizmann scientists have found that a unique method for identifying bioactive chemical compounds produces a potential new drug molecule. Our cells receive more messages than a teenager’s phone and, just...
Washing Machine Brains – Advanced yet Vulnerable
The Weizmann Institute of Science’s Professor Rony Paz suggests our brains are like modern washing machines – evolved to have the latest sophisticated programming, but more vulnerable to breakdown and prone...
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...