BV can increase the risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections.
Transplanting vaginal fluids from one woman to another could help tackle severe cases of a common bacterial condition, a study has suggested.
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is thought to affect up to a third of women of reproductive age. It is caused when the balance of microbes in the vagina – known as the vaginal microbiome – becomes disturbed, with a drop in lactobacilli while other bacteria take over.
October 07, 2019
As the Times of Israel reports, results for the first group of ALS patients showed that the therapy “managed to significantly slow down disease progression.” The technique was developed by Prof. Michael Revel.
October 03, 2019
Ewing sarcoma is a bone cancer that appears mainly in teenagers. Caused by a single defective gene, once it spreads to distant organs it is hard to treat. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have now discovered molecular interactions underlying Ewing sarcomas and proposed a potential treatment that has shown promise in a study in mice. These findings were published in Cell Reports.
October 02, 2019
Two Weizmann PhD alums created MyMilk Labs in order to “give nursing mothers more information with Mylee, a sensor that scans a few drops of breast milk to get information about its composition.”
October 02, 2019
After his senior year of high school, Kyle Polen could have used his summer to take a well-earned break before starting his first semester at Arizona State University. But Polen decided instead to study at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
October 02, 2019
New discovery of bacteria immune system brought insight into treating autoimmune disease and even cancer, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel reported Thursday.
September 27, 2019
The Economic Times reports that one of the reasons glioblastomas are so hard to treat is that the cancer cells come in four types – and can move between the types. The research was conducted by Weizmann and an international team.
September 27, 2019
Fall is here and school is back in session. In the ninth episode of Weizmann in Focus, CEO Dave Doneson shares a simple tip to help prepare for success this academic year. Weizmann Prof. Noam Sobel, who studies the olfactory system, found that people who inhaled when presented with a problem-solving task performed better than those who exhaled. So, the next time you’re faced with a difficult task, take a deep breath!
One or two seconds before people recall an image they had previous seen, cells in a key memory center in the brain fire together, creating a “ripple” of activity.
Seconds before a memory pops up, certain nerve cells jolt into action in sync. This new finding sheds light on how the brain stores and recalls information.
Studying brain cells in action inside the human head is tricky. Putting electrodes in someone’s brain requires surgery. It’s not something researchers do without a good reason. The new study involved people who already had electrodes put in their brains for some medical purpose. These participants all had epilepsy. That brain disorder causes storm-like surges of electrical activity in the brain, known as seizures. Doctors put the electrodes in the patients' brains so they could pinpoint those surges.
September 24, 2019
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