• About Us
    • Overview
    • Education
    • Mission & History
    • Board of Directors
    • The Campus
    • Careers
  • Our Achievements
    • Overview
    • Cancer
    • Technology
    • Education
    • Our Planet
    • Health & Medicine
    • Physical World
  • Get Involved
    • Overview
    • Partners in Science
    • Estate & Planned Giving
    • Attend an Event
    • Gift Opportunities
  • News & Media
    • Overview
    • News & Media Archive
    • Feature Stories
    • News Releases
    • In The News
    • Video Gallery
    • Celebrating Great Minds
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Donate
Donate
Donate
About Us tri
About Us Overview
  • Education
  • Mission & History
  • Board of Directors
  • The Campus
  • Careers
About Us

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.

Our Achievements tri
Our Achievements Overview
  • Cancer
  • Technology
  • Education
  • Our Planet
  • Health & Medicine
  • Physical World
Our Achievements

The Weizmann Institute’s fundamental research has led to discoveries and applications with a major impact on the scientific community and on the quality of life for millions worldwide.

Get Involved tri
Get Involved Overview
  • Partners in Science
  • Estate & Planned Giving
  • Attend an Event
  • Gift Opportunities
Get Involved

Join a community of dedicated people who share the Weizmann Institute’s commitment to shaping a better world through science.

News & Media tri
News & Media Overview
  • News & Media Archive
  • Feature Stories
  • News Releases
  • In The News
  • Video Gallery
  • Celebrating Great Minds
News & Media

Learn about the Weizmann Institute’s latest groundbreaking discoveries and the American Committee’s activities across the country.

Blog tri
  • The Curiosity Review
Blog

Popular science for the curious-minded: The Curiosity Review brings discovery to life.

Contact

Search Results

  • SEARCH BY KEYWORD
  • SEARCH BY TAG
View Articles by Tag:
  • View Articles by Tag
  • Algorithims (6)
  • Alternative energy (27)
  • Alzheimers (45)
  • Archaeology (37)
  • Artificial intelligence (20)
  • Astrophysics (111)
  • Autism (22)
  • Awards (121)
  • Bacteria (108)
  • Behavior (10)
  • Biochemistry (104)
  • Biofuel (7)
  • Biology (313)
  • Biomolecular science (2)
  • Biomolecular sciences (11)
  • Blood (47)
  • Brain (177)
  • Cancer (167)
  • Cancer treatment (131)
  • Central nervous system (9)
  • Chemistry (78)
  • Children (7)
  • Circadian clock (1)
  • Climate change (79)
  • Clinical trials (42)
  • Collaborations (24)
  • Community (279)
  • Computers (74)
  • Copaxone (12)
  • Coronavirus (7)
  • Culture (359)
  • Diabetes (32)
  • Earth (84)
  • Education (158)
  • Environment (100)
  • Enzymes (29)
  • Evolution (90)
  • Fertility (23)
  • Fungus (4)
  • Genetics (113)
  • Genomics (3)
  • Heart (5)
  • Heart disease (3)
  • Humanity (85)
  • Immigrant scientist (2)
  • Immune system (150)
  • Immunology (13)
  • Immunotherapy (36)
  • Inflammation (19)
  • Intelligent Materials (4)
  • Leadership (114)
  • Leukemia (12)
  • Materials (44)
  • Mathematics (62)
  • Medicine (89)
  • Memory (39)
  • Mental health (60)
  • Metabolism (51)
  • Microbiology (3)
  • Microbiome (10)
  • Molecular cell biology (16)
  • Molecular genetics (65)
  • Multiple sclerosis (12)
  • Nanoscience (33)
  • Nature (12)
  • Neurobiology (2)
  • Neuroscience (209)
  • Nutrition (73)
  • Optics (34)
  • Organs (13)
  • Parkinsons (12)
  • Personalized medicine (7)
  • Philanthropy (148)
  • Physics (139)
  • Plants (60)
  • Proteins (98)
  • Quantum computer (4)
  • Quantum physics (2)
  • Quantum theory (34)
  • Robots (8)
  • Security (21)
  • Senses (115)
  • Sensors (8)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Solar power (21)
  • Space (114)
  • Staff Scientist (2)
  • Stem cells (53)
  • Technology (213)
  • Vaccine (40)
  • Virus (136)
  • Water (46)
  • Weather (2)
  • Weizmann Institute of Science (2)
  • Women (117)
  • World hunger (18)
Filter by Time:
  • All
  • Past Day
  • Past Week
  • Past Month
  • Past Year
  • Past Three Years
Clear Filters

5 results for Molecular genetics

How do violence, trauma survivors develop resilience? - Israeli study
How do violence, trauma survivors develop resilience? - Israeli study

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/how-do-violence-trauma-survivors-develop-resilience-israeli-study/

Jan 25, 2023... Researchers have for years tried to discover what determines “resilience to stress,” a term describing the ability to adapt to difficult situations and to overcome adversity. Is it acquired through experience, or is there a tendency to easily recover from stress possibly ingrained in us from a very early age or even from birth?
A new study lead by Prof. Gil Levkowitz of the molecular cell biology and molecular neuroscience departments at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot has revealed an important piece of this puzzle. The study examined zebrafish – small, black-and-white-striped, transparent fish whose natural habitat spans rivers, ponds and rice paddies in Pakistan, Myanmar, Nepal and India.

TAGS: Genetics, Brain, Neuroscience, Molecular genetics, Behavior, Molecular cell biology, Immunology

Plant Research Reaches a New High
Plant Research Reaches a New High

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/plant-research-reaches-a-new-high/

Apr 30, 2023... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 1, 2023—A South African plant called a woolly umbrella is completely unrelated to the cannabis plant, yet it makes a slew of the active compounds found in cannabis – cannabinoids – including some that may have new medical uses. In a study published today in Nature Plants, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers identified more than 40 cannabinoids in the woolly umbrella, and they revealed the series of biochemical steps the plant takes when it makes these compounds. The researchers also showed how these steps can be reproduced in the lab to synthesize or even engineer new cannabinoids.

TAGS: Medicine, Plants, Biochemistry, Molecular genetics, Mental health, Nature

A Select Group: Study May Bring Improved Therapy to Preselected Lung Cancer Patients
A Select Group: Study May Bring Improved Therapy to Preselected Lung Cancer Patients

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/a-select-group-study-may-bring-improved-therapy-to-preselected-lung-cancer-patients/

Aug 07, 2023... REHOVOT, ISRAEL — August 8, 2023—Nonsmokers who develop lung cancer can be treated effectively with new drugs, but their tumors refuse to surrender without a fight. The drugs stop working in the long term because the tumors acquire secondary mutations that allow them to evade the medications’ therapeutic effect.
In research published today in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, investigators from the Weizmann Institute of Science report findings that may lead to relapse-free treatment for a sizeable subgroup of lung cancer patients. In a study in mice, scientists identified a biomarker that may help physicians treat select lung cancer patients with a single antibody-based drug that is likely to bring about full remission, without cancer relapse.

TAGS: Genetics, Medicine, Cancer, Molecular genetics, Cancer treatment, Personalized medicine, Molecular cell biology, Immunology

Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg
Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/scientists-grow-whole-model-of-human-embryo-without-sperm-or-egg/

Sep 06, 2023... Scientists grow whole model of human embryo, without sperm or egg

TAGS: Technology, Molecular genetics, Stem cells, Fertility, Molecular cell biology, Biomolecular science

Lab-grown human "embryo-like structures" bring hope for research into early-pregnancy complications
Lab-grown human "embryo-like structures" bring hope for research into early-pregnancy complications

https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/lab-grown-human-embryo-like-structures-bring-hope-for-research-into-early-pregnancy-complications/

Sep 07, 2023... Lab-grown human "embryo-like structures" bring hope for research into early-pregnancy complications

TAGS: Technology, Molecular genetics, Stem cells, Fertility, Molecular cell biology, Biomolecular science

First 1 Last
SHARE

Our Achievements

Learn more about remarkable Weizmann Institute achievements that are enhancing and transforming our lives.

Learn More

Support Our Flagship Projects

Help us accelerate exciting initiatives in three forward-looking fields: neuroscience, physics, and artificial intelligence.

Donate Now

Newsletter

Get the latest news and breakthroughs from the Weizmann Institute of Science.

About Us
  • Education
  • Mission & History
  • Board of Directors
  • The Campus
  • Careers
Our Achievements
  • Cancer
  • Technology
  • Education
  • Our Planet
  • Health & Medicine
  • Physical World
Get Involved
  • Partners in Science
  • Estate & Planned Giving
  • Attend an Event
  • Gift Opportunities
News & Media Blog: Curiosity Review Donate Now Contact Us
Privacy Policy Gift Acceptance Policy Financial Information

©2023 American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science

Charity Navigator
Platinum Transparency 2023