Weizmann Institute of Science and Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists have discovered that stem cell maturation can also serve as an immune defence mechanism. We all begin life as a collection of embryonic stem cells that have a remarkable ability to mature into...
Bacteria that cause life-threatening infections sometimes resort to the nastiest ploy of all: Stealing the human body's defence weapons and exploiting them to their own advantage. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have now uncovered one such...
First impressions are important – they can set the stage for the entire course of a relationship. The same is true for the impressions the cells of our immune system form when they first meet a new bacterium. Using this insight, Weizmann Institute of Science...