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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://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/on-the-probiotic-trail/
May 08, 2012...
Naama Geva-Zatorsky in the lab. JTA
Jerusalem — She’s young, smart and aims to help treat life-threatening diseases. Naama Geva-Zatorsky, 34, is among a gr ... 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
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/profiles-in-science-fertility-research/
Oct 08, 2010... This article can be viewed by downloading the PDF. ... Read more
Jul 19, 2016... Stress-coping molecule Urocortin-3 (green) and its receptor, CRFR2 (red), expressed in the mouse brain region responsible for social behavior. Viewed under a co ... Read more
Nov 30, 2017... A scallop with eyes arrayed on tentacles along the edge of its shell. Scientists have found that each eye contains two retinas receiving light from a unique mir ... Read more
Jul 23, 2019... Gut bacteria may play a role in motor neurone disease ALS by speeding up progression, early studies reveal. The cruel condition that killed Professor Stephen Ha ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-tips-july-2007/
Jul 26, 2007...
A New Technique May Speed the Development of Molecular Electronics
Often, things can be improved by a little “contamination.” Steel, for example, is iron w ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-tips-march-2015/
Mar 02, 2015...
Manot Cave cranium
A partial human skull unearthed in 2008 in northern Israel may hold some clues as to when and where humans and Neanderthals might have i ... Read more
Sep 17, 2018... September is both Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in the U.S., where prostate cancer is the most common cancer (after skin ca ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/to-stay-young-kill-zombie-cells/
Oct 25, 2017...
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Jan van Deursen was baffled by the decrepit-looking transgenic mice he created in 2000. Instead of developing tumours as expected, t ... Read more
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