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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.
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Feb 05, 2014...
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REHOVOT, ISRAEL—February 5, 2014—New findings in mice suggest that merely changing meal times could have a significant effect on the lev ... Read more
May 04, 2011... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 4, 2011—Weizmann Institutescientists have added another piece to the obesity puzzle, showing howand why a certain protein that is active in ... Read more
Nov 02, 2017... Eran Segal is a computational biologist at the Weizmann Institute of Science and co-author of “The Personalized Diet.” He studies nutrition, genetics, the micro ... Read more
Sep 17, 2014...
Should we drink diet soda or not? The latest study doesn't really clear things up.
The debate over whether diet sodas are good, bad or just OK for us never ... Read more
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Feb 07, 2020... We’re well into the New Year and many of us have resolved to get fit in 2020 … but does the time we work out make a difference? In the latest episode of Weizman ... Read more
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Mar 16, 2016...
The circadian clock regulates the mitochondria’s utilization of nutrients throughout the day
When one eats may be as important as what one eats. New resear ... Read more
Jun 29, 2012...
You’d be amazed at how much you can learn from a plant.
In a paper published this week in the journal Science, a Michigan State University professor and a ... Read more
Oct 15, 2019... Your body is composed of about 10 million human cells. It’s also home to about 100 trillion tiny microbes, mainly bacteria, that wield astonishing power over yo ... Read more
Feb 28, 2018...
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Environment plays a much greater role than host genetics in determining the composition of the human gut microbiome, according to a stu ... Read more
Feb 28, 2018... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—February 28, 2018— The question of nature vs. nurture extends to our microbiome – the personal complement of mostly friendly bacteria we carry a ... Read more