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Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the benefit of humanity.
As The Jerusalem Post reports, the Weizmann Institute, the Jewish Agency for Israel, and healthcare provider Clalit are sharing best practices in the fight against coronavirus with organizations, communities, and medical staff abroad.
June 01, 2020
Weizmann’s Prof. Eli Waxman heads the team that developed the National Security Council’s exit strategy. As Israel reopens yet may be heading for a second lockdown, he says we must “test, trace, isolate,” reports The Jerusalem Post.
June 01, 2020
National Geographic writes about the alarming impacts of climate change on the world’s large trees – and, thus, the planet. Weizmann’s Dr. Tamir Klein, who is featured, says: “We’re dealing with a very tough situation. It’s a race to the unknown.”
May 28, 2020
Covering the recent breakthrough by Dr. Ravid Straussman, New Scientist says that the “first comprehensive survey of the microorganisms that live inside tumours has found that bacteria reside in those from many different cancer types.”
May 28, 2020
Olfaction expert Prof. Noam Sobel takes us through his attempts to “train” an electronic nose to identify Covid. This may be possible because “every disease has an odor,” he says. “Diseases change metabolic processes, and metabolites have a smell.”
May 27, 2020
On sabbatical at Weizmann when the pandemic began, Dr. Daniel Douek is now sending blood samples to the U.S. NIH, where he works with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Israel’s samples could help develop a vaccine, reports The Times of Israel.
May 27, 2020
Prof. Uri Alon’s lab created a mathematical model demonstrating that autoimmune diseases are caused by “overzealous” immune cells, reports The Times of Israel.
May 26, 2020
Business Insider writes about proposals – including Profs. Ron Milo and Uri Alon’s “10-4” strategy – for reopening while minimizing the expected second wave of COVID infections.
May 24, 2020
In this video from a session at the United Nations’ 2020 Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) conference, Prof. Ada Yonath speaks about COVID: its makeup, how it compares with other viruses, possible avenues of treatment, and challenges.
May 21, 2020
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