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What is Weizmann Doing?

This special coronavirus section shares Weizmann Institute of Science research, expert opinion, education resources, and news. Our scientists are already conducting investigations that could improve testing and diagnosis techniques and provide new strategies for prevention and treatment – including a possible COVID-19 vaccine. We are committed to advancing research to protect and preserve the health and well-being of everyone, everywhere.

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Coronavirus

Israel Offers to Teach its Secrets Against Coronavirus Abroad

The Jerusalem Post

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

Coronavirus

Israeli Expert’s Recipe to Prevent a Second Coronavirus Lockdown

The Jerusalem Post

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

Coronavirus

Fauci Protégé Sending Gallons of Israeli Blood to US to Probe Virus Mysteries

The Times of Israel

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

Coronavirus

Israeli Study Reveals Why Some COVID Patients do Much Worse Than Others

Israel21C

Israel21C reports on research by Prof. Ido Amit’s lab showing why COVID makes some people much sicker than others: an immune system malfunction that “represents the real mystery of coronavirus.”

May 17, 2020

Coronavirus

Israeli Scientists Think They Know Why Virus is Severe for Some, Mild for Others

The Times of Israel

Prof. Ido Amit’s team is showing why COVID affects people so differently, reports The Times of Israel. The work could help pharmaceutical firms develop drugs by “providing a ‘target’ in the body for intervention.”

May 14, 2020

Coronavirus

Experts Find Link to Contracting Coronavirus and Socioeconomic Status

The Jerusalem Post

Prof. Eli Waxman heads a team that found people with less income and education are more likely to get COVID, reports The Jerusalem Post. The group advises Netanyahu on coronavirus.

May 13, 2020

Coronavirus

10-4: How to Reopen the Economy by Exploiting the Coronavirus’s Weak Spot

The New York Times

Profs. Uri Alon and Ron Milo write in The New York Times about their intermittent-work strategy to reopen society.

May 11, 2020

Coronavirus

Israeli Researchers Pinpoint What Happens to Seriously Ill Coronavirus Patients

Haaretz

As Haaretz reports, Prof. Ido Amit has found that the immune system plays a role in why some people get much sicker from COVID. He is now developing clinical studies to try and protect patients.

May 11, 2020

Coronavirus

How Often Do COVID-19 Patients Lose Their Sense of Smell? Two Studies Are Tracking Down the Data

Discover

Discover covers two studies – including Prof. Noam Sobel’s research – that are investigating how often people with COVID lose their sense of smell. The studies are seeking participants to take online tests.

May 11, 2020

Coronavirus

Maintaining Public Health Should not Mean the Death of Privacy, Says Turing Award Winner

CTECH

In this interview with CTECH, Prof. Shafi Goldwasser, who developed a tracking technology, talks about how important it is to monitor COVID’s spread—without violating individual privacy.

May 09, 2020

Coronavirus

COVID Moonshot: Can AI Algorithms and Volunteer Chemists Design a Knockout Antiviral?

IEEE Spectrum

Dr. Nir London helps head the “COVID Moonshot,” which involves academics, researchers, private firms, and the public, all working together on a coronavirus treatment. IEEE Spectrum reports.

May 08, 2020

Coronavirus

Navigating the New Normal

Weizmann Compass

While population-wide lockdown policies reduce the number of new COVID-19 infections, these same policies have dramatically slowed economies around the world. High unemployment, bankruptcies, and crashing markets are the standard-bearers for this new economic pandemic, with a variety of other costs...

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