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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.
May 11, 2011... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 11, 2011—Adversity, we are told, heightens our senses, imprinting sights and sounds precisely in our memories. But new Weizmann Institute re ... Read more
Oct 07, 2015... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—October 7, 2015—Most female mammals give birth and care for their offspring, while the males often breed with multiple partners and play little ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/brain-s-immune-system-key-to-reversing-dementia/
Aug 18, 2015...
New research gives hope to those suffering with dementia
Leading neurobiologist Professor Michal Schwartz said the findings were “very exciting” – and show ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/scientists-identify-the-signature-of-an-aging-brain/
Nov 01, 2014...
A scientist looks through a microscope. (photo credit:INGIMAGE)
How the brain ages is still largely an open question – in part because this most important ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/brain-in-a-box/
Feb 22, 2012...
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Henry Markram wants €1 billion to model the entire human brain. Sceptics don't think he should get it.
It wasn't quite the lynchi ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/courage/
Oct 13, 2010... A five-foot-long snake helped identify a brain region associated with courage, according to a study in Neuron. One at a time, researchers placed 39 snake-fearin ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/science-tips-june-2015/
Jun 29, 2015... Normal human colonic crypts. SMOC-2 expression (red) in the colonic stem cells demonstrates that these cells are localized in the bottoms of the crypts. Bars re ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/placing-that-smell/
Apr 01, 2011...
(l-r) Drs. Hadas Lipid and Sagit Shushan, Prof. Noam Sobel, and Drs. Anton Plotkin and Elad Schneidman. Smelling good
Certain smells cause us pleasure or d ... Read more
Jan 05, 2017... It’s All About Balance: Prof. Alon Chen on Stress and the Brain ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/world-alzheimer-s-month-how-is-weizmann-helping/
Sep 05, 2017... September is World Alzheimer’s Month – a fact that highlights the disease’s unfortunate status as a major, ongoing, global health crisis. There are many interse ... Read more
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