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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.
Jun 08, 2017... Most people would agree taste-wise, white bread is bae. The thing is, it's had a bad rap for a while health-wise, with many of us believing that wholemeal loave ... Read more
Jun 09, 2017...
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When it comes to bread, we’ve known for a long time now that it’s better to pick the brown, whole-grain-y stuff over ultra-processed ... Read more
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Jan 02, 2013... Two years ago, at a press conference that drew wide attention, scientists described a newfound microbe in California’s Mono Lake that flouted life’s basic instr ... Read more
Feb 25, 2018...
Evidence is growing that the 100 trillion organisms in the human gut play a role in individuals’ differing responses to food. PHOTO: WEIZMANN INSTITUTE
For ... Read more
https://weizmann-v8.euwest01.umbraco.io/news-media/in-the-news/what-are-the-benefits-of-probiotics/
Nov 27, 2019...
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Walk into a health food store, or even a drugstore, and you’re likely to find an entire aisle, maybe ... Read more
Sep 21, 2016...
Prof. Ada Yonath
One of the biggest advances in the history of humankind is the development of antibiotics. They have saved untold millions of lives; rende ... Read more
Dec 25, 2016... We’ve known that bacteria live in our intestines as far back as the 1680s, when Leeuwenhoek first looked through his microscope. Yogurt companies use that infor ... Read more
https://weizmann-v8.euwest01.umbraco.io/news-media/in-the-news/eran-elinav-beyond-the-microbiome/
Nov 30, 2018... Where did you grow up?I grew up in the southern Israeli city of Beer-Sheva, situated in the midst of the Negev desert. I remember it being a very happy childhoo ... Read more
Nov 27, 2019...
Scientists converted a strain of E. coli bacteria that is capable of eating carbon dioxide for energy. (Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock)
Even with growin ... Read more
Nov 27, 2019... REHOVOT, ISRAEL—November 27, 2019—Bacteria in the lab of Prof. Ron Milo of the Weizmann Institute of Science have not just sworn off sugar – they have stopped e ... Read more