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  • November is Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Month
    E-news, November 2020

    Even before COVID-19, the lack of effective treatments for easily spread diseases was a serious concern for scientists and healthcare providers worldwide – particularly as one of humankind’s greatest achievements, antibiotics, are increasingly ineffective. This is because bacteria, like all life forms, are driven to reproduce and live. Able to evolve rapidly, they continually seek ways to survive our killer drugs … and they’re succeeding.

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    The Cell Whisperer
    Haaretz Magazine

    Haaretz Magazine profiles the remarkable immunologist Prof. Ido Amit, whose single-cell genomics technique is transforming science and may defeat a range of diseases.

    November 21, 2020

  • Coronavirus
    Around 10 SARS-Cov-2 Virions Per Cell in Human Body, Study Finds
    News Medical

    In a soon-to-be-released study, Weizmann and University of California scientists have approximated the number of coronavirus particles in each cell in an infected person. News Medical shares the finding.

    November 18, 2020

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    Mikael Dolsten, the Jewish Immigrant Leading Pfizer’s Vaccine Charge, Hopes the US Stays a Melting Pot
    Jewish Telegraph Agency

    Mikael Dolsten is head scientist at Pfizer, whose COVID vaccine is eagerly anticipated. As the Jewish Telegraph Agency reports, he spent time at Weizmann for his PhD.

    November 16, 2020

  • Advancing Technology
    A Measure of Smell

    REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 11, 2020—Fragrances – promising mystery and intrigue – are blended by master perfumers, their recipes kept secret. In a new study on the sense of smell, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have managed to strip much of the mystery from even complex blends of odorants...

    November 11, 2020

  • Advancing Technology
    Digitizing Odors: Israelis Whiff the Future With ‘Smellophone’ Tech Breakthrough
    The Times of Israel

    The Times of Israel reports on Prof. Noam Sobel’s “smell map,” which could lead to “smellovision TVs, scented digital photos that have a whiff of vacation, and technology that can “print” any odor.”

    November 11, 2020

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    Weizmann Ranked Eighth Worldwide for Research Quality
    The Jerusalem Post

    The Jerusalem Post writes about the Institute’s high placement in the Leiden Rankings, which compare over a thousand of the world’s top universities to determine research quality.

    November 10, 2020

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    Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked Eighth in the World for Research Quality

    REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 9, 2020—The Weizmann Institute of Science has been ranked eighth globally for research quality in a weighted (proportional) ranking conducted by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) of Leiden University, the Netherlands.

    November 09, 2020

  • Improving Health & Medicine
    Mystery Molecule in Bacteria is Revealed To Be a Guard

    REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 5, 2020—Peculiar hybrid structures called retrons that are half RNA, half single-strand DNA are found in many species of bacteria. Since their discovery around 35 years ago, researchers have learned how to use retrons for producing single strands of DNA in the lab...

    November 05, 2020

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