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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.
Jul 15, 2013... Scientists have found that very high levels of stress in the mother can also overwhelm the barrier enzyme in the placenta, allowing the stress hormone cortisol ... Read more
Feb 01, 2010... For many years, much of the RNA—the coded copies of the information contained in our DNA—floating around our cells was thought to be “junk” that had no visible ... Read more
Sep 11, 2012... Regulatory factor hierarchy: The highest level (top) determines a cell’s basic identity; the second (middle) shapes its properties; the third (bottom) activates ... Read more
Aug 22, 2017...
Prof. Eran Segal, Weizmann Institute of Science
The human genome has been mapped, but the genomes of most humans have not – at least not yet. When individu ... Read more
Aug 05, 2014...
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REHOVOT, ISRAEL—August 5, 2014—Laboratory mice are one of the most common animal models used in biological and medical research. T ... Read more
Jun 02, 2007... Prof. Doron Lancet of the Department of Molecular Genetics at the Weizmann Institute of Science is one of Israel's most prominent genome researchers. The head o ... Read more
Oct 16, 2013...
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Mutations in genes responsible for two serious neurological disorders in infants and children of Irani ... Read more
Jan 27, 2020... When Weizmann Institute of Science Prof. Rivka Dikstein set out to study a gene regulating inflammation, she had no idea she’d find a promising route to develop ... Read more
Dec 22, 2015... The Weizmann Institute of Science's Moross Integrated Cancer Center (MICC) aims to revolutionize cancer prevention, detection, and treatments. Several of the se ... Read more
Nov 12, 2017...
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Researchers on the quest to solve the puzzle of what causes deafness got one small step closer with the announcement that scientists ... Read more