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Weizmann’s Contributions

This special coronavirus section shares Weizmann Institute of Science research, expert opinion, education resources, and news.

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
This Twist on the Four-Day Workweek Could Get People Back to Work Without Causing New Outbreaks
Fast Company
Fast Company covers the reopening strategy proposed by Prof. Uri Alon and Prof. Ron Milo, who says: “Our suggestion gives a predictable schedule that people can adapt to and builds confidence for people and the economy.”

May 12, 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
Could the Flu Become History? An Israeli Vaccine May Make It a Reality
Haaretz Magazine
Haaretz Magazine interviews Prof. Ruth Arnon, whose universal flu vaccine is on the cusp of approval. The vaccine will protect against multiple strains of flu for years with one shot, and is almost through clinical trials.

May 06, 2020
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