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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/news-media/feature-stories/repairing-dna-fighting-cancer/
Sep 17, 2018...
Prof. Zvi Livneh
Our genetic material – DNA – is under constant assault. It is damaged every day by external forces like sunlight, radiation, tobacco smoke ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/gene-editing-takes-on-new-roles/
Dec 15, 2016...
Combing CRISPR with the fine resolution of single-cell RNA sequencing gives researchers new means of controlling cell activities
What combinations of mutat ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/the-next-agricultural-revolution-is-here/
Sep 19, 2019...
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s Uplands Farm has a history of ground-breaking plant research and environmental activism.
As a growing population and climat ... Read more
Dec 27, 2010... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—December 27, 2010— In a collaborative effort involving 74 researchers from 38 research institutes, scientists have produced the full genome of a ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/an-immune-system-trained-to-kill-cancer/
Sep 13, 2011...
CLOSE-UP Dr. Carl June examined re-engineered T-cells last week in his Philadelphia lab. Jessica Kourkounis for The New York Times
PHILADELPHIA — A year ag ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-tips-january-2007/
Jan 24, 2007...
Weizmann Institute Scientists Discover a Genetic Risk Factor for Smoking-linked Head and Neck Cancer
A simple blood test may be able to identify those mos ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-tips-january-2010/
Jan 14, 2010... How do the visual images we experience, which have no tangible existence, arise out of physical processes in the brain? New research at the Weizmann Institute ... Read more
Sep 01, 2012... Lipids are fatty substances found in every cell in our bodies. They make up the membranes that separate the cell from its surroundings and are responsible for r ... Read more
https://www.weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/making-personalized-medicine-a-reality/
Nov 24, 2014... The Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine is the Weizmann Institute of Science’s first comprehensive initiative to translate ... Read more
Aug 23, 2017...
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Are you ready for violet-colored potatoes? How about orange tobacco? Researchers at Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science have ... Read more
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