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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 benefit of humanity.
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May 18, 2021... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 18, 2021—A natural food supplement reduces anxiety in mice, according to a new Weizmann Institute of Science study. The plant-derived substance, beta-sitosterol, was found to produce the calming effect both on its own and in synergic combination with a common antidepressant, fluoxetine (brand name Prozac). If these findings, published in Cell Reports Medicine, are confirmed in clinical trials, they could point the way toward the use of beta-sitosterol as a treatment for relieving anxiety in humans.
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/bacteria-and-plants-fight-alike/
Dec 01, 2021...
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—December 1, 2021—A brown blotch on a plant leaf may be a sign that the plant’s defenses are hard at work.
A new study at the Weizmann Institute of Science, published today in Nature, points to the evolutionary origins of this plant immune mechanism.
When a plant is infected by a virus, fungus or bacterium, its immune response arrests the spread of the disease by killing the infected cell and those immediately surrounding it. The new Weizmann study may help explain how major plant defenses work and how they may one day be strengthened to increase resilience against plant diseases that each year cause billions of dollars of crop losses worldwide.
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