Researchers on the quest to solve the puzzle of what causes deafness got one small step closer with the announcement that scientists at Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute of Science have mapped a certain type of RNA (a molecule essential to the coding and expression of genes) that exists in close proximity to the genes related to hearing.
November 12, 2017
November 14 is World Diabetes Day and the month of November is National Diabetes Month in the United States. While there is not yet a cure for diabetes, many Israeli researchers and companies offer improved approaches for avoiding, managing and treating the condition. Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs when the pancreas cannot make insulin – the hormone that regulates blood sugar — or when the body cannot make good use of the insulin it makes.
November 09, 2017
In this video on Business Insider, Prof. Eran Segal explains why what – and when – we eat is so important.
November 02, 2017
As we enter a time of year abundant with food-centric holidays, it's helpful to think about how we eat – and how much. And given the link between overeating, obesity, and diabetes, it's no coincidence that November is American Diabetes Month. Weizmann scientists are looking at the complexities of diabetes and developing novel treatments.
Placebos have been shown to help people work out harder and do better on memory tests. As New Scientist reports, two Weizmann scientists examined “whether the placebo effect can stimulate creativity too.”
October 27, 2017
As reported in Scientific American, a discovery at Weizmann is helping researchers fight aging.
October 25, 2017
As The Jerusalem Post reports, Pluristem uses technology developed by Weizmann and the Technion to develop cell therapies for conditions such as inflammation, muscle injuries, blood disorders – even for “victims of radioactive catastrophes.”
October 20, 2017
Tel Aviv University and Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have shown it is possible to turn mature cells from the heart, brain and other organs in mice models into skin cells. Their findings, just published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, proves for the first time that it is possible to repurpose the function of different mature cells across the body and harvest new tissue and organs from these cells. “The applications of this are unlimited – from transplants, which would eliminate long waiting lists and eliminate the common problem of immune system rejection of ‘foreign’ organs; to maybe one day curing deafness: taking any cell in the body and transforming it into melanocytes to aid in the restoration of hearing. The possibilities are really beyond the scope of the imagination,” said Prof. Carmit Levy of the TAU Sackler School of Medicine’s human molecular genetics and biochemistry department.
October 19, 2017
Prevention covers recent discoveries on the gut microbiome, including important findings from the Weizmann Institute.
October 11, 2017
