Weizmann scientists invention moves forward: Cancer diagnosis technique gets FDA clearance
Rehovot, Israel--September 23, 2003-- Thanks to a diagnostic imaging technique that should soon be finding its way to medical establishments, many patients could be spared the pain and risk of biopsies. The technique, called 3TP, has recently received FDA clearance for use in the detection of breast and prostate cancer, and is slated for distribution as early as next year. It will enable doctors...Psoriasis treatment based on Weizmann Institute Research passes phase II clinical trials
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disease with as yet no cure that affects approximately 4.5 million people in the U.S. and 5.7 million people in Europe. About 10% of these people develop chronic inflammation of the joints called psoriatic arthritis. In clinical trials testing a drug based on the discovery of Prof. David Wallach of the Weizmann Institute's Biological Chemistry Department, the condition...Weizmann Institute scientists report why taste and smell differ among individuals
"De gustibus non est disputandum" is a popular saying, conveying that one shouldn't argue about flavors. Now, a team at the Weizmann Institute of Science, headed by Prof. Doron Lancet of the Molecular Genetics Department, has found why this is true. ... ...In our genome, around 1,000 genes code for the nose's odor-detecting receptors (responsible for our sense of smell and a great part of flavor...Weizmann Institute scienists find that stem cells in the bone marrow become liver cells
They still don't have a personality, and they're waiting for the maturity call. Stem cells in our bone marrow usually develop into blood cells, replenishing our blood system. However, in states of emergency, the destiny of some of these stem cells may change: They can become virtually any type of cell liver cells, muscle cells, nerve cells responding to the body's needs.... ...Prof. Tsvee Lapi...Weizmann institute scientists solve the 3-D structure of the enzyme involved in Gaucher disease
Rehovot, Israel -- June 2, 2003 --An interdisciplinary team of Weizmann Institute scientists has solved the three-dimensional structure of an enzyme called glucocerebrosidase. Mutations occurring in this enzyme cause Gaucher disease, a genetic illness that mainly affects Ashkenazi Jews. The Institute study, published recently in EMBO Reports, may lead to the design of effective new therapies for...Prize to Weizmann Institute professor for landmark work in stem cell transplantation
Rehovot, Israel--December 16, 2002-- Prof. Yair Reisner of the Institute's Immunology Department was awarded the Daniele Chianelli Prize yesterday, commemorating his work of over 20 years on incompatible stem cell transplantation. Bone marrow or stem cell transplantation is a crucial part of the therapeutic strategy aimed at saving the lives of people with leukemia, malignant lymphoma, multiple...New witchweed-fighting method, presented by CIMMYT and Weizmann Institute scientist
REHOVOT, Israel--July 1, 2002--Corn harvests on experimental plots and in farmers' fields in four East and Southern African countries have yielded striking results in long-term trials of an innovative witchweed-fighting technology developed by a Weizmann Institute scientist in collaboration with researchers at CIMMYT (the Spanish acronym for the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)....Weizmann Institute scientists win global competition in predicting protein-protein interactions
Rehovot, Israel June 24, 2002-- A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science achieved the best result in the CAPRI (Critical Assessment of Prediction of Interactions) Challenge, an international competition in which participants submit predictions of structures of protein-protein complexes prior to experimental determination. The competitors were given three prediction targets, a...Vaccination following spinal cord injury: Innovative Weizmann Institute approach limits paralysis
New York, NY, August 17, 2001--Weizmann Institute scientists have proposed an innovative approach for preventing complete paralysis after partial spinal cord injury. The approach consists of boosting the body's natural immune mechanisms to improve the outcome of trauma. ...... The team of Prof. Michal Schwartz of the Weizmann Institute's Neurobiology Department has in the past already developed...Weizmann Institute scientists block loss of eyesight in animals with a glaucoma-like disease
. Weizmann Institute scientists have succeeded in stopping the progressive loss of eyesight in animals with a glaucoma-like disease. Their innovative study, reported in the March 6, 2001 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., suggests that Copaxone, a drug developed at the Weizmann Institute of Science to treat multiple sclerosis, may also stop, or at least slow d...Weizmann Institute researcher named to Israel Academy Of Sciences And Humanities
. Weizmann Institute of Science Prof. Ada Yonath of the Structural Biology Department, has been inducted into the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israels leading non-governmental science and technology institution. The academy advises the government on activities of national importance related to scientific research and planning. Prof. Yonath is renowned for her discoveries about the....New genetic research technologies, such as DNA chips, enable scientists to evaluate simultaneously tissue samples from several patients, expressing thousands of genes. However, deciphering the vast amount of information derived, consisting of anything from 100,000 to 1,000,000 genetic figures, requires highly sophisticated data processing tools. . Addressing this and similar challenges may s...New theory on the mystery of the origin of life proposed by Weizmann Institute scientists
. . .REHOVOT, ISRAEL--June 5, 2000-- One of the greatest mysteries, which continuously fascinates many scientists worldwide, concerns the way by which life emerged on primeval Earth. The accepted notion is that prior to the appearance of living organisms, there was a stage of chemical evolution, which involved selection within inanimate chemical mixtures. This is thought to have eventually led t...Key progress by Weizmann scientists in the race to unravel ribosomal structure
. NEW YORK - December 7, 1999 -- A team of Weizmann Institute and Max-Planck Society scientists has.determined the structure of the small ribosomal subunit at the highest resolution ever achieved,.including the site where protein biosynthesis begins.. . Ribosomes, the universal cellular organelles responsible for protein production, are essential to.life. Receiving genetically encoded instructio...Weizmann researchers find evidence that links molecular mechanism to Huntington's Disease
.Weizmann researchers have found evidence that an enzyme called transglutaminase.(TGase) may be the "smoking gun" behind the deadly disease Huntington's disease.(HD). Their study is reported in the June 22 issue of the Proceedings of the.National Academy of Sciences.. .TGase occurs naturally throughout the body, and is catalyst for processes.associated with healing, such as skin formation and wo...