Weizmann Institute of Science

TAU discovers breakthough mechanism for treating deadliest type of skin cancer

A major achievement with far-reaching implications for treating deadly skin cancer has been discovered by Tel Aviv University scientists and colleagues.

THE RESEARCH TEAM (from bottom left, counterclockwise): Stav Melamed, Prof. Carmit Levy, Paulee Manich, and Yuval Sade.
Biotech Breakthrough Lets Doctors Track Immunity in Minutes

Rapid pandemic response: Israeli bio-chip instantly maps antibody defense

THE SUN sets behind the Houses of Parliament in London. It’s known that circadian clocks are affected not only by external signals such as sunlight but also by signals carried through the bloodstream.

How sex hormones make our internal clocks 'tick'

FOUNDER OF the Genesis Prize Stan Polovets, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and Morris Kahn in 2019.

'When I grow up, I want to be like you': remembering Morris Kahn's most productive years - opinion


Researchers find new way to make animal antibodies safe for humans

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers present a new algorithm to greatly speed up the process of engineering therapeutic proteins to protect against diseases

 (l-r) Ariel Tennenhouse, Lev Khmelnitsky, Prof. Sarel Fleishman, Razi Khalaila

Weizmann Inst. develops first ‘cellular time machine’ to measure body changes

researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot have developed the first technique to measure cellular changes in the body over time.

 Elderly couple, illustrative

Exposure to tears leads to lower aggression in males - study

Weizmann Institute researchers: Women have a powerful weapon in their eyes against men’s aggression

 Painting of woman –  Researchers discover that just like in mice, human tears contain a chemical signal that blocks conspecific male aggression.

Why people with diabetes are more prone to respiratory risk - study

New Weizmann Institute study reveals how high blood sugar makes lung infections worse.

 Lung tissue of a diabetic mouse (right) contains fewer immune cells (small purple dots) than that of a non-diabetic animal (left).

Newly discovered autoimmune disorder disrupts tooth enamel development

Celiac disease in children might be associated with sensitivity to a protein abundant in dairy products.

 Scanning electron microscope images of the enamel layer enveloping mouse teeth. Top: Normal enamel matrix. Bottom: Enamel structure that developed abnormally in the wake of attacks by autoantibodies against enamel proteins.

14 Days: New Embassy

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 Papua New Guinea opens embassy in Jerusalem.

Avoiding detection: How cancers evolve to escape immune system responses

In a study by the Weizmann Institute of Science, researchers pulled out a previously unknown mechanism that allows cancer cells to slip by immune system defenses.

Tissues from mice transplanted with lung cancer cells. When PSME4 levels are high (left, top and bottom), the tumors grow bigger, cancer-fighting killer T cells (white) are reduced (top) and regulatory T cells (green) that inhibit the immune response are more abundant (bottom), compared with regular

50 Influential Jews: The Protest Leaders - No. 4

Prof. Shikma Bressler, Eynat Guez, and Eyal Naveh are championing the fight against judicial reform.

Eynat Guez, Eyal Naveh, and Shikma Bressler.

Israeli scientists grow human embryo models from stem cells

Breakthrough could promote new research directions on early pregnancy failure, birth defects, infertility and the production of replacement tissues and organs.

 Israeli scientists grow human embryo models from stem cells

Israeli scientists find forgotten immune strategy to fight viruses - study

Different species have a forgotten innate protein that has the ability to fight off viruses, according to a study by the Weizmann Institute of Science.

 An illustrative image of a virus.