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Showing results 101-111 of 172 for 'Biology'
The Scientist established the Labby Multimedia Awards in order to highlight the best websites by labs. The Weizmann Institute's Prof. Joel Sussman and his Proteopedia site took the inaugural first prize.
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<em>Time</em> reports on the recent finding by Weizmann scientists that our bodies fight cancer better during the day, meaning that nighttime might be much better for administering cancer drugs. This ""happy accident"" is an example of how basic research can shed light on important issues.
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The probiotics research of Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky helped her win a prestigious UNESCO-L'Oreal international fellowship. But that's just the beginning of what promises to be a long career, as ""there are 10 times more bacteria than human cells in the body,"" influencing everything from health to weight to depression.
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<em>The Atlantic</em> reports that new findings by Dr. Ron Milo overturn long-held ideas about us and our microbes. The generally accepted microbe-to-person ratio was 10:1, meaning that we would be exponentially outnumbered by our bacteria. But Dr. Milo and his team have found that the proportion is more like 1:1 – and that just using the restroom can change the balance.
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The Weizmann Institute's Dr. Ron Diskin is giving the HIV-positive community and its allies reason for hope. Broadly neutralizing antibodies, present in 10 to 20 percent of HIV patients, are able to block the virus. As HIV Plus magazine explains, Dr. Diskin is working with these antibodies to develop better treatments or, promisingly, a vaccine.
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On NPR's <em>All Things Considered</em>, Allison Aubrey covers the Weizmann Institute's recent study on artificial sweeteners. Scientist Dr. Eran Elinav tells her that people in the study had ""significant disturbances in their blood glucose even after short-term exposure to artificial sweeteners"" – however, he and other scientists NPR interviewed stressed the need for further research.
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The <em>Los Angeles Times</em> reports on Dr. Jacob Hanna's discovery of a method for creating human primordial germ cells. Critically, the work also revealed that, in experiments, mice aren't necessarily the best substitutes for humans; in fact, the human cell results were significantly different from those with mice.
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<em>Haaretz</em> interviews Prof. Noam Sobel about his intensive research into the sense of smell, which - it turns out - informs every area of our lives, from what we eat to whom we love. Among other innovative studies, he is investigating whether odors can help people trust robots and whether smell is involved in repeated miscarriages.
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Much has been made about companies offering to pay for women employees to freeze their eggs. But is this even realistic or healthy? As <em>The Jerusalem Post</em> reports, two of the Weizmann Institute's leading scientists, Profs. Michal Neeman and Nava Dekel, have ""strong"" objections to the offer, saying that while it is laudable to encourage women to succeed, they shouldn't have to pay such a high price.
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<em>Discover</em> magazine's year-end listing of the top 100 stories in science includes research from Weizmann's Prof. Dan Tawfik and team, who were able to help discredit an earlier claim that a bacterium had been found that could exist on arsenate rather than phosphate, like all other life.
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