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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.
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/high-flyers-are-more-likely-to-get-cancer/
Sep 28, 2018...
First class in fighting second-hand smoke: Did you know we have flight attendants to thank for exposing the dangers of second-hand smoke? Well, we do.
Don’ ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/toxic-migration-cancer-cells-on-the-move/
Jul 20, 2018...
The road best traveled: finding supportive microenvironments helps cancer cells survive.
What do we have in common with Lake Michigan?
As Siddhartha M ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/blog/scientists-inspiring-scientists-with-cartoons/
Oct 25, 2018... “Still life: mouse with T-body.” A work by Zelig Eshhar, scientist and cartoonist. From A Cure Within: Scientists Unleashing the Immune System to Kill Cancer, N ... Read more
Jul 16, 2008... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—July 16, 2008—In two complementary studies, Weizmann Institute scientists have developed a new method for reconstructing a cell’s “family tree,” ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/the-tumor-microenvironment-s-big-impact/
Oct 23, 2018...
Dr. Ruth Scherz-Shouval
In order to execute the complex maneuvers of metastasizing and evading the body’s immune response, tumors need help. And they get t ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/looking-for-the-genes-that-drive-cancer/
Dec 01, 2012... Prof. Yardena Samuels of the Weizmann Institute’s Department of Molecular Cell Biology uses the power of DNA sequencing to identify new groups of genetic mutati ... Read more
Aug 08, 2007... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—August 8, 2007—Metastasis—when cancer cells dissociate from the original tumor and migrate via the blood stream to colonize distant organs—is th ... Read more
Aug 14, 2018... Staining of normal liver tissue (upper row, second image from left) reveals high levels of four different urea cycle enzymes (brown or reddish-brown), whereas l ... Read more
Sep 12, 2019...
Prof. Yardena Samuels
REHOVOT, ISRAEL—September 12, 2019—Diversity – at least among cancer cells – is not a good thing. Now, research from the Weizmann Ins ... Read more
Oct 02, 2019... The lungs of a mouse with untreated Ewing sarcoma (left) contain numerous tumor cells (shown by luminescent colors) that have spread from the bone; the lungs of ... Read more
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