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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.
Jul 20, 2017... Manufacture of microscopic silk-protein capsules on a polymer chip; viewed with an ultra-fast Phantom camera taking 700,000 pictures per second. ©2017 Knowles G ... Read more
Mar 25, 2020... In just one week, Profs. Ido Amit and Eran Elinav, both of the Department of Immunology, have built one of the highest-tech labs in the world. They developed a ... 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
Mar 19, 2020... Dr. Noam Stern-Ginossar of the Weizmann Institute’s Department of Molecular Genetics provides an overview – complete with helpful cartoons – of basic questions: ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/how-malaria-tricks-the-immune-system/
Dec 07, 2017... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—December 7, 2017— Global efforts to eradicate malaria are crucially dependent on scientists’ ability to outsmart the malaria parasite. And Plasm ... Read more
May 01, 2007... New techniques developed by Weizmann Institute scientists in Rehovot, Israel, to study molecules in action may hold the key to cures for cancer and Alzheimer's ... Read more
Jan 28, 2010... Alone they may be ineffective, but used together two common antibiotics could fight off deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs, according to a team of Israeli an ... Read more
Oct 04, 2012... A bacterium that some scientists thought could use arsenic in place of phosphorus in its DNA actually goes to extreme lengths to grab any traces of phosphorus i ... Read more
Apr 18, 2017...
Ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25, ISRAEL21c reports on a new approach that could lead to a non-refrigerated vaccine against parasitic diseases.
A mal ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/decoy-molecule-neutralizes-a-range-of-viruses/
Jan 07, 2020... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—January 7, 2020—A host of disease-causing viruses called arenaviruses lurk in animal populations in various parts of the world, sometimes crossi ... Read more
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