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The bacteria in cancer

Different tumors have different bacteria. What does it mean for treatment? Cancer cells are comfy havens for bacteria, and many cancer types have their own unique populations of bacteria residing inside of tumor cells. This is the finding of a groundbreaking study by Dr. Ravid Strassman and his team.

Date: June 18, 2020

L to R: Prof. Dan Tawfik, Prof. Reshef Tenne

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EMET Prize to Reshef Tenne, Dan Tawfik

Scientists’ discoveries have application in aerospace, medical, and chemical industries

Date: June 17, 2020

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Natan Sharansky gives to Weizmann COVID-19 research

Former Soviet refusenik donates his Genesis Prize money to pandemic needs worldwide.

Date: June 17, 2020

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Mapping corona in stealth mode

Predict Corona fuses data on symptoms, geography to predict outbreaks in the making, and is part of a worldwide consortium of scienitsts devising coronavirus tracking methods.

Date: April 30, 2020

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Why COVID-19 kills, or doesn’t

Prof. Ido Amit determined what differentiates COVID-19 progress in seriously ill patients, versus those who are only mildly affected.

Date: June 3, 2020

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Weizmannn coronavirus response

Date: April 30, 2020

Prof. Ada Yonath, the keynote speaker at the Zuckerman Symposium

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Zuckerman Symposium: Women in STEM

Date: April 30, 2020

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Sweet news: AI advances diagnosis of gestational diabetes

A new algorithm developed by Weizmann Institute scientists can predict which pregnant women are at a high risk of gestational diabetes

Date: April 30, 2020

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Science vs. neuro-degeneration

Two Weizmann Institute labs have taken the lead in the battle against neurodegeneration

Date: April 30, 2020

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Next Gen Immunology Conference 2020

Date: April 30, 2020

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A sniff test for coronavirus?

Among more than 50 Weizmann Institute labs seeking answers about the coronavirus pandemic, one team is focusing on an early warning sign that might lead to the early diagnosis of COVID-19: the loss of a sense of smell.

Date: May 4, 2020

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Bringing the lab to the hospital

Date: April 30, 2020

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Navigating the new normal

Prof. Uri Alon and Prof. Ron Milo have created a novel mathematical model for returning to routine while maintaining public health that involves a cyclic schedule of lockdown and free movement.

Date: May 6, 2020

Story archives

Tipping the gender balance: an international workshop on campus addressed the gender imbalance in phsyics

Where are the female physicists? It’s not a theoretical question

Physics has historically been a male-dominated field, but a new initiative in the Weizmann...

Date: April 19, 2020

Recovered COVID-19 patients to the rescue

Could the blood of coronavirus patients who have fully recovered from the disease contain a...

Date: April 13, 2020

In COVID-19, why does vulnerability rise with age?

Prof. Valery Krizhanovsky is investigating why a person’s respiratory system might be more...

Date: April 13, 2020

Coronavirus testing at Weizmann

In an effort to ramp up large-scale and rapid testing for COVID-19, the Weizmann Institute, in...

Date: April 13, 2020