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    Why COVID-19 Kills – Or Doesn’t
    Weizmann Institute

    Most people who are infected by COVID-19 develop mild symptoms or none at all. In severe cases, however, the virus triggers an uncontrolled reaction of the immune system that damages most vital organs, and can lead to death.

    June 03, 2020

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    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...

    May 06, 2020

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    A Sniff Test for Coronavirus?
    Weizmann Compass

    Among more than 50 Weizmann Institute labs seeking answers about the coronavirus pandemic, one team is focusing on an early warning sign that might lead to the early diagnosis of COVID-19: the loss of a sense of smell.

    May 04, 2020

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    A+ in Digital Science Education
    Weizmann Compass

    With schools shuttered due to COVID-19, teachers all over the world are taking a crash course in digital learning—online technologies that allow educators to manage classrooms remotely, while reaching and teaching individual students. The challenge is significant, but thanks to research and development projects pioneered at the Weizmann Institute of Science, some science teachers are well ahead of the curve.

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    Coronavirus Testing at the Weizmann Institute
    E-news, April 2020

    One of the many challenges facing humankind during the coronavirus pandemic is testing – or, more accurately, lack of it. As the Weizmann Institute of Science pivoted its resources – human and lab alike – to addressing coronavirus, developing accurate, scaled-up testing was one of its main areas of focus. In keeping with the philosophy embraced by the worldwide Weizmann family, Institute President Prof. Alon Chen says: “During this crisis, we are harnessing our capabilities in basic research and applying them to the benefit of humanity.”

    April 21, 2020

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    Mapping Corona in Stealth Mode
    WEIZMANN MAGAZINE VOL. 17

    Weizmann Institute scientists have developed a method for monitoring, identifying, and predicting geographical clusters in which the coronavirus is prevalent and will likely spread, by tracking symptoms throughout the Israeli public…

    April 13, 2020

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    In COVID-19, why does vulnerability rise with age?
    Weizmann Compass

    The world medical community is gasping for additional ventilators—machines that move air in and out of the lungs of COVID-19 patients who are having trouble breathing on their own.

    April 13, 2020

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    Recovered COVID-19 Patients to the Rescue
    Weizmann Compass

    Dr. Ziv Shulman believes that the blood of coronavirus patients who have fully recovered from the disease may contain a hidden blueprint for building what the world needs: a molecule that can form the basis of new strategies for treating individual patients

    April 13, 2020

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    How do healthy cells defend themselves against a virus?
    Weizmann Compass

    In fighting a virus, our immune system adopts different strategies depending on the threat, but how? Prof. Ido Amit and colleagues in Italy have found a protein that issues instructions for mounting an anti-viral defense.

    March 30, 2020

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