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Founded in 1944, the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science develops philanthropic support for the Weizmann Institute in Israel, and advances its mission of science for the future of humanity.
Feb 28, 2018...
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Environment plays a much greater role than host genetics in determining the composition of the human gut microbiome, according to a stu ... Read more
Feb 28, 2018... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—February 28, 2018— The question of nature vs. nurture extends to our microbiome – the personal complement of mostly friendly bacteria we carry a ... Read more
Jan 01, 2018...
Acropora coral less than 2 meters under sea-level at One Tree Reef, One Tree Island in the southern Great Barrier Reef. (Photo: University of Sydney)
A re ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/the-immune-system-s-fountain-of-youth/
Dec 31, 2018... Drug treatment eliminates senescent cells from tissues of old mice. The blue staining shows senescent cells in lung and liver tissue. The amount of the staining ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-tips-july-2014/
Jul 28, 2014... Using the body’s natural virus killers to prevent and treat HIV infection has been problematic until now because of the strong inflammatory response these molec ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/rare-genetic-defect-may-lead-to-cancer-drug/
May 18, 2017...
Dr. Ayelet Erez says that rare genetic diseases provide a lens on cancer
The path to understanding what goes wrong in cancer could benefit from a detour th ... Read more
Nov 16, 2017...
Pancreatic cancer cells. Anne Weston/Wellcome Images
Pancreatic cancer is deadly: It’s difficult to detect and bedeviling to treat. Just 20 percent of pati ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/rare-disorder-found-to-have-a-common-form/
Jun 17, 2015... A hereditary autoimmune disease that was thought to be exceedingly rare may have a less severe form that affects one in 1,000 people or even more, according to ... Read more
Oct 29, 2014... Speaking at the Partners in Scientific Advancement session, the entertaining Prof. Eytan Domany provides an overview of modern genomic research, which began wit ... Read more
Jul 16, 2020... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—July 16, 2020—Choosing the right drug for each cancer patient is key to successful treatment, but physicians currently have few reliable pointer ... Read more
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