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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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Jun 02, 2008... Scientists in the Weizmann Institute’s Faculty of Chemistry, together with colleagues in Germany, have made a startling prediction: Simply “taking the temperatu ... Read more
Jul 03, 2013... Israel has provided the global drug development pipeline with many well–known internationally successful medications including Copaxone, Rebif, Exelon, Doxil, ... Read more
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Aug 01, 2013...
Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a logic circuit based on 14 nanowires. From the work of Prof. Joselevich.
Researchers working with tiny compone ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/how-immune-cells-squeeze-through-blood-vessel-walls/
Jan 18, 2017... When it infiltrates a blood vessel wall, a T cell pushes thin filaments out of the way – but these quickly reassemble. Credit: BARZILAI ET AL / CELL REPORTS 201 ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/news-releases/new-hope-for-gaucher-patients/
Jan 21, 2014... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—January 19, 2014—What causes brain damage and inflammation in severe cases of Gaucher disease? Little is known about the events that lead to bra ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/good-for-skin-bad-for-fertility/
Jan 27, 2011...
Antioxidants touted as an anti-aging remedy and added to food and cosmetics may hinder ovulation, Israeli scientists have discovered.
Consumers have been t ... Read more
https://weizmann-usa.org/news-media/in-the-news/helping-to-map-geographic-tongue/
Apr 01, 2015... NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—A spiral series of self-sustaining cycles of excitation underlies the puzzling condition known geographic tongue, physicists suggest.< ... Read more
Sep 15, 2015...
Your body's immune system might be able to fight obesity. Photo: Emilio Labrador CC BY 2.0
It is well known that this country is in the midst of an obesity ... Read more
May 30, 2018... Cross-section of the inner lining of a human gut adjacent to a cancerous tumor. The enzyme ASL (red-brown), which helps manufacture nitric oxide, has accumulate ... Read more
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Feb 12, 2013...
T cells, white blood cells that are a key part of the immune system, may also play an important role in cognitive function. NIBSC/Science Source
After spen ... Read more
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