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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.
Feb 14, 2022... Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the world, surpassing all cancers combined. One of the major difficulties in coming up with new therapies lies ... Read more
May 31, 2022... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—May 31, 2022—Ketamine, a well-known anesthetic used in smaller doses as a party drug, was hailed as a “new hope for depression” in a Time magazi ... Read more
Jun 27, 2022... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—June 27, 2022— Of all the fungi that live in the human body, the most infamous is probably the yeast Candida. This distant cousin of baker’s yea ... Read more
Aug 01, 2022... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—August 1, 2022— An egg meets a sperm – that’s a necessary first step in life’s beginnings, and it’s also a common first step in embryonic develo ... Read more
Sep 08, 2022... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—September 8, 2022—Blood tests – simple, noninvasive and economically feasible – promise to become the next major milestone in cancer diagnosis. ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/tumors-are-prime-real-estate-for-fungi/
Nov 13, 2022... Bacteria have been shown to affect cancer growth, metastasis, and response therapy, but now, according to a recently published study by Weizmann scientists, fun ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/feature-stories/maya-schuldiner-connecting-organelles/
Feb 15, 2022... Prof. Maya Schuldiner of Weizmann’s Department of Molecular Genetics studies how cells function, which in turn can help understand disease – particularly, rare ... Read more
Jan 25, 2023... Researchers have for years tried to discover what determines “resilience to stress,” a term describing the ability to adapt to difficult situations and to overc ... Read more
Apr 23, 2023... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—April 27, 2023—To get life-giving oxygen into every cell, the human body produces two to three million oxygen-carrying red blood cells, or eryth ... Read more
May 18, 2023... Dr. Moran Shalev Benami discusses her research on the tiniest details of the human brain: proteins. Using cryo-electron microscope (cryoEM), she works to unders ... Read more
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