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  • February 27, 2025

    When Proteins Go on Strike

    Weizmann Institute researchers forced thousands of yeast proteins to go on a surprise strike – and uncovered their previously unknown roles in some of life’s most basic processes
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  • Catch a Virus by Its Tail news image
    July 17, 2024

    Catch a Virus by Its Tail

    A bacterial immune system that alters the tails of phages might help clarify an immunity mechanism in humans
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  • Sperm Welcome – But Their Mitochondria Must Go news image
    July 15, 2024

    Sperm Welcome – But Their Mitochondria Must Go

    Why do we inherit only maternal mitochondria? A new study shows how the paternal versions are deliberately destroyed
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  • From Tip to Tail news image
    June 1, 2024

    From Tip to Tail

    Researchers from the University of Michigan and the Weizmann Institute develop the first-ever complete central nervous system on a chip; it faithfully emulates that of a human embryo, from the forebrain to the bottom of the spinal cord
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  •  Evolutionary Safety First news image
    January 9, 2024

    Evolutionary Safety First

    Weizmann Institute of Science researchers call for a new kind of test – one that will ensure evolutionary safety – to be applied to future drugs
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  •  Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells news image
    September 6, 2023

    Human Embryo Models Grown from Stem Cells

    The complete, day 14 synthetic models may open new avenues of research into infertility, drug testing and growth of tissues for transplant – as well as help scientists peer into the dramatic first weeks of embryonic development
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  • Surviving on an Empty Battery news image
    August 17, 2023

    Surviving on an Empty Battery

    A newly discovered immune strategy protects bacteria and more advanced species, from corals to bees
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  • Prepared for War: How Cells Survive Viral Invasion news image
    June 28, 2023

    Prepared for War: How Cells Survive Viral Invasion

    High levels of defensive proteins offer protection against a hostile takeover by herpes viruses
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  •  Viruses Gain the Upper Hand news image
    October 25, 2022

    Viruses Gain the Upper Hand

    Weizmann Institute scientists reveal how viruses outwit cellular immune systems
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  • Without Egg, Sperm or Womb: Synthetic Mouse Embryo Models Created Solely from Stem Cells news image
    August 1, 2022

    Without Egg, Sperm or Womb: Synthetic Mouse Embryo Models Created Solely from Stem Cells

    The method opens new vistas for studying how stem cells self-organize into organs and may in the future help produce transplantable tissues
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  • Creating the Cells That Can Be Everything and More news image
    July 12, 2022

    Creating the Cells That Can Be Everything and More

    Removing a newly discovered “lock” from DNA’s packaging can restore limitless abilities to early cells
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  • Rewriting the Classics news image
    May 18, 2022

    Rewriting the Classics

    Weizmann scientists breathe new life into one of the cell’s most classic and best-researched metabolic pathways
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  • Genetic Bundles of Joy news image
    May 10, 2022

    Genetic Bundles of Joy

    New study reveals a genetic regulation mechanism in eukaryotes ensuring that proteins that work together are expressed together
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  • Spiking the Particle news image
    April 25, 2022

    Spiking the Particle

    FDA approves third-generation hepatitis B vaccine based on Weizmann research
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  • Mutations in Noncoding DNA Protect the Brain from ALS news image
    March 31, 2022

    Mutations in Noncoding DNA Protect the Brain from ALS

    Weizmann Institute of Science researchers discover a new neuroprotective pathway
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  • Mutations in Noncoding DNA Protect the Brain from ALS news image
    March 31, 2022

    Mutations in Noncoding DNA Protect the Brain from ALS

    Weizmann Institute of Science researchers discover a new neuroprotective pathway
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  • Cnm1: Connecting Organelles news image
    February 15, 2022

    Cnm1: Connecting Organelles

    A new study reveals a novel molecular tethering machinery that allows mitochondria and the nucleus to exchange goods and valuable information
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  •  The Primordial Soap news image
    February 3, 2022

    The Primordial Soap

    Weizmann Institute scientists disclose comprehensive evidence that life may have originated with lipid nano-scale particles
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  • As Naïve as They Get news image
    December 30, 2021

    As Naïve as They Get

    Prof. Jacob Hanna’s method for growing mouse embryos outside the womb was shortlisted for Science’s Breakthrough of the Year. Another study from his lab brings us one step closer to growing human organs for transplantation
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  • Making Bone Growth Transparent news image
    December 17, 2021

    Making Bone Growth Transparent

    A new method for tracking thousands of cells in three dimensions may help reveal how bone growth is disrupted in dwarfism and other skeletal disorders
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  •  Bacteria and Plants Fight Alike news image
    December 1, 2021

    Bacteria and Plants Fight Alike

    A bacterial mechanism for sensing infection may help boost plant defenses
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  •  The Body’s Main (Cellular) Squeeze news image
    September 13, 2021

    The Body’s Main (Cellular) Squeeze

    The secrets of “professional secretor” cells: how they stay in shape
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  • On the Outskirts of the Nucleus news image
    September 5, 2021

    On the Outskirts of the Nucleus

    A novel imaging method reveals a surprising arrangement of DNA in the cell’s nucleus
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  • Cracking the Code of a Natural RNA Editor news image
    July 27, 2021

    Cracking the Code of a Natural RNA Editor

    Newly discovered editing rule may be exploited to correct genetic defects
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  • An Unusual Way to Die news image
    June 23, 2021

    An Unusual Way to Die

    Revealing the details of an alternative cell death may lead to new therapies for a variety of diseases
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  • Copying Foreign Genes Helps Bacteria Withstand the Test of Time news image
    February 4, 2021

    Copying Foreign Genes Helps Bacteria Withstand the Test of Time

    Tracking how bacteria adopt new genes provides unique insight into their evolution, antibiotic resistance and the creation of useful bacteria in the lab
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  • Clearing Out Cellular Junkyards May Be Therapeutic news image
    November 30, 2020

    Clearing Out Cellular Junkyards May Be Therapeutic

    Details of a cellular adaptation mechanism may point to new ways of treating neurodegeneration
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  • Priority Proteins Arrive Pronto news image
    November 19, 2020

    Priority Proteins Arrive Pronto

    You are here Home > Topics > Life Sciences > Priority Proteins Arrive Pronto Competition for treatment in a cellular organelle may be decided on the basis of need
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  •  Mystery Molecule in Bacteria Is Revealed to Be a Guard news image
    November 5, 2020

    Mystery Molecule in Bacteria Is Revealed to Be a Guard

    Unusual structures in bacterial cells keep viral infection from spreading; a list of new ones could provide improved biotech tools
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  • Bacteria Could Provide Us with the Next Antivirals news image
    September 16, 2020

    Bacteria Could Provide Us with the Next Antivirals

    Virus-fighting viperins, part of the human immune system, turn out to have bacterial counterparts that might boost the fight against human disease
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  • Profiling the COVID-19 Coronavirus news image
    September 9, 2020

    Profiling the COVID-19 Coronavirus

    A new approach to understanding the virus may lead to better diagnostics and treatment
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  • How the “Sixth Sense” Shapes the Skeleton news image
    September 3, 2020

    How the “Sixth Sense” Shapes the Skeleton

    The findings point to a surprising origin for scoliosis and hip dysplasia
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  • Prof. Maya Schuldiner has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in Germany, Leopoldina news image
    September 2, 2020

    Prof. Maya Schuldiner has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in Germany, Leopoldina

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  •  Having Their Fortress and Leaving It Too news image
    August 18, 2020

    Having Their Fortress and Leaving It Too

    Humble amyloids have many uses – for bacteria, at least – aiding both migration and antibiotic resistance
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  • When the Heat Is On – Turn Up the Ac(4C) news image
    July 15, 2020

    When the Heat Is On – Turn Up the Ac(4C)

    Heat-resistance tags on bacterial RNA hold clues to human diseases
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  • How Do Viral Infections in Pregnancy Affect the Embryos' Brain? news image
    February 24, 2020

    How Do Viral Infections in Pregnancy Affect the Embryos' Brain?

    A study in mice suggests how an acute inflammatory immune response in pregnancy may be tied to autism spectrum disorders
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  • Why is this Nerve Cell Different? Finding the Genetic Roots of ALS news image
    January 2, 2020

    Why is this Nerve Cell Different? Finding the Genetic Roots of ALS

    Q & A with Prof. Eran Hornstein on discovering why mutations in a gene for a tiny non-coding RNA could herald the onset of neurodegenerative disease
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  • Israel Prize for Life Sciences to Prof. Adi Kimchi news image
    March 25, 2019

    Israel Prize for Life Sciences to Prof. Adi Kimchi

    Kimchi is recognized a pioneer in the study of cell death
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