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Women of Vision Honored in Davie, Florida
Women of Vision Honored in Davie, Florida

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Mar 16, 2012... From left are Women of Vision honorees Jen Klaassens, Cristina Mata, Michelle Bernstein and Mindy Shrago. (Submitted photo)
Though they work in different fields, four South Florida women recently honored as Women of Vision by the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science have one thing in common — they're making a big difference in the community.
"We seek out honorees who have really given back or helped the community, either with philanthropic ways or through the time and effort they've put into other charities or organizations that benefit others," said Richard Enslein, executive director of the institute's South Florida region.

TAGS: Awards, Humanity

Five Business Values from Girl Scouts
Five Business Values from Girl Scouts

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Aug 01, 2013... Girl Scouts and mentors on the stairs at Science House. Image Credit: James Jorasch
In preparation for pitching their business ideas to a panel later in the week, fifty Girl Scouts recently visited Science House to be mentored. We brainstormed on the walls of the Imagination Room and listened as pairs of teams told us about their business ideas developed as part of their program with the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College.

TAGS: Culture, Community, Women, Education, Humanity

Israel's Universal Flu Vaccine Heads for Universal Acceptance
Israel's Universal Flu Vaccine Heads for Universal Acceptance

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Oct 29, 2014... Receiving a vaccine (illustrative photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
A universal flu vaccine developed by Israel’s BiondVax has been granted patents by both the European Union and Japan, the company announced Wednesday. BiondVax’s technology had previously received patents in the United States, Hong Kong, Australia, China, Russia and Mexico, and the two new approvals extend its reach dramatically.
With the newest patent approvals, the company said that it can now enter into wide-scale development programs with pharmaceutical companies and governments that will license its technology to develop a one-stop-shop vaccine for influenza.

TAGS: Medicine, Humanity, Virus, Clinical trials

I Was Afraid of Dying – But I Had to Save Them
I Was Afraid of Dying – But I Had to Save Them

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Jun 23, 2016... A rogue wave hit Tamara Loiselle like a truck, its salt water searing her eyes, filling her nose and throat and knocking the wind from her 115-pound body. Behind her lay a brilliantly white beach becoming crowded with onlookers; beyond her, two heads bobbed in the angry, roiling sea – a man and a woman who had gone past warning flags and been pulled into danger by deadly riptides. Tamara was breathless, alone and deeply afraid. "For a split second, I thought about my kids and that I could die trying to save these people," says the 43-year-old single mom. "But I sent those thoughts back to the beach, caught my breath and kept going."

TAGS: Brain, Neuroscience, Humanity

Fertility Research at the Weizmann Institute
Fertility Research at the Weizmann Institute

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Jul 01, 2012... Reproduction—perhaps the most basic impulse of all living creatures—is also among the most complex and intricate of all human processes, requiring the precise coordination of many biological systems. This becomes most evident when things go wrong. According to the Centers for Disease Control, in the U.S. alone there are more than seven million women with an impaired ability to have children.
Difficulty conceiving can be due to age, stress, health, or any number and combination of factors, many of which come into play as more women wait until later in life to have children. Often such women turn to invasive, expensive procedures to induce pregnancy—procedures that frequently fail and that, even when successful, can cause a host of health problems for the women and children both.

TAGS: Women, Biology, Humanity, Fertility

Study: Scientists Revive Old, Fading Memories
Study: Scientists Revive Old, Fading Memories

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Mar 03, 2011... What would it be like if you never forgot — if your brain were able to access your haziest long-term memories as though they had just been freshly made? For the first time, working in rats, researchers have enhanced weak, old memories by tweaking an enzyme in the brain. The findings not only deepen understanding of how memory works, but offer new hope for the development of treatments for Alzheimer’s and other memory-destroying diseases.

TAGS: Humanity, Virus, Memory, Enzymes

A $3 Water Purifer That Could Save Lives
A $3 Water Purifer That Could Save Lives

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/a-3-water-purifer-that-could-save-lives/

Oct 10, 2006... In very poor countries, the family that has to walk miles to fetch drinking water from a well or a stream may be the lucky one. In many villages, the water source is a filthy pond trod by animals and people, or a mud puddle out next to the yam field.
As a result, about 6,000 people a day — most of them children — die from water-borne diseases. Vestergaard Frandsen, a Danish textile company that supplies water filters to the Carter Center guinea worm eradication program and mosquito-killing plastic tarps to refugee camps, has come up with a new invention meant to render dangerous water drinkable.

TAGS: Technology, Water, Humanity

Science for All: The Weizmann Institute: Science Literacy Leader
Science for All: The Weizmann Institute: Science Literacy Leader

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/science-for-all-the-weizmann-institute-science-literacy-leader/

Mar 28, 2012... Children in front of the Science Mobile, which has been supported by Applied Materials, the Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust, and the Naomi and Nehemia Cohen Foundation.
Stem cell research; droughts, floods, and other natural disasters; cell phone safety; energy-related issues such as hydraulic fracturing and nuclear plant regulation; organic versus conventional foods; ever-faster and more powerful technologies— these are just a few of the science-related subjects facing society today.

TAGS: Community, Education, Humanity, Philanthropy

Weizmann in Focus, Episode 8: A Game-Changing Malaria Vaccine
Weizmann in Focus, Episode 8: A Game-Changing Malaria Vaccine

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Aug 28, 2019... Did you know that malaria kills about half a million people each year? In the eighth episode of Weizmann in Focus, CEO Dave Doneson explains how Weizmann is helping to fight this terrible disease. Using computer-based tools, PhD student Adi Goldenzweig developed a groundbreaking malaria vaccine in the lab of Dr. Sarel Fleishman. Because the vaccine is inexpensive to produce and does not require refrigeration, it has the potential to help millions of people in developing countries where the battle against malaria is particularly devastating.

TAGS: Community, Humanity, Immune system, Philanthropy, Leadership, Computers, Proteins

Enzyme Can Strengthen Old Memories: Research Paves Way to Adjusting Recall of Events
Enzyme Can Strengthen Old Memories: Research Paves Way to Adjusting Recall of Events

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/enzyme-can-strengthen-old-memories-research-paves-way-to-adjusting-recall-of-events/

Mar 03, 2011... Precious memories need not fade if a report today bears fruit. Neuroscientists have successfully strengthened old memories in rats, according to research published today in Science.
A handful of substances can strengthen memories as they’re being made. But a greater aim for neuroscientists is to learn how to enhance existing, older memories, such as where you live or your grandson’s name—memories often lost because of dementia or amnesia.

TAGS: Humanity, Memory, Enzymes

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