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    Internal Differences: A New Method for Seeing Into Cells

    REHOVOT, ISRAEL—August 10, 2020—Invading cells’ private space – prying into their internal functions, decisions, and communications – could be a powerful tool that may help researchers develop new immunotherapy treatments for cancer.

    August 10, 2020

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    Lymphatic System Has Crucial Role in Heart Recovery: Israeli Research
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    Weizmann scientists show that the lymphatic system plays a crucial role in repairing the heart after injury, reports Xinhua. This could lead to “new ways of promoting heart repair and facilitating the growth of heart tissue for transplant.”

    August 07, 2020

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    Weizmann Institute of Science and Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Clalit Health Services to Collaborate

    REHOVOT, ISRAEL—July 29, 2020—The Weizmann Institute of Science and Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Clalit Health Services signed a Memorandum of Understanding today on a collaborative biomedical research initiative. The “Schneider-Weizmann Center for Research on Child and Adolescent Health” will be jointly established by the two entities.

    July 29, 2020

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    Favorite Spots and Hidden Gems on the Weizmann Institute of Science Campus #3, with Dr. Einat Segev

    In this video, Dr. Einat Segev of the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences takes us to her favorite spot on campus: the lily pond, which her children call the “tadpole pond” because they catch the newborn frogs there.

    July 27, 2020

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    Artificial Cells Produce Parts of Viruses for Safe Studies

    REHOVOT, ISRAEL—July 20, 2020—Scientists searching for better diagnostic tests, drugs, or vaccines against a virus must begin by deciphering the structure of that virus. And when the virus in question is highly pathogenic, such research can be quite dangerous.

    July 20, 2020

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    Maintaining Mental Well-Being During a Crisis
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    Our mental health is always important, but more so than ever during these challenging times. Between the ongoing COVID pandemic, economic insecurity, social turmoil, and the like, rates of anxiety and depression are skyrocketing. How to cope? And why do we experience mental health issues in the first place?
    As with the coronavirus, the answers are found in science.
    The Weizmann Institute’s renowned neuroscientists do more than study the brain; they investigate how this most mysterious of organs responds to the world, processes our experiences, plays a role in emotional response, consolidates memories, becomes ill, and more. Our scientists also seek to develop effective medications and treatments. As Prof. Alon Chen – a renowned expert in neuropsychiatry and Weizmann Institute president – says, “I strongly believe that when we identify the mechanisms in the brain, we can use them to develop better ways to treat these conditions.”

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    A New Approach to Tailoring Cancer Therapy: Tapping Into Signaling Activities in Cancer Cells

    REHOVOT, ISRAEL—July 16, 2020—Choosing the right drug for each cancer patient is key to successful treatment, but physicians currently have few reliable pointers to guide them in designing treatment protocols. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have now developed a new method...

    July 16, 2020

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    Stopping Future Viral Threats and COVID-19

    “Viruses can be ill-mannered guests,” says Dr. Noam Stern-Ginossar, “freely helping themselves to the host’s cell machinery and using it to make more viruses.”

    July 16, 2020

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    A Window to the Campus #3: Under the Surface

    This installment in the “Window to the Campus” series “navigates” through the Weizmann campus, where Prof. Nachum Ulanovsky’s “bat cave” sets the theme, as he uses the tiny mammals to study navigation and other brain processes.

    July 14, 2020

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