Blue-Sky Dye Spells Hope for Improving Heart Function

Blue-Sky Dye Spells Hope for Improving Heart Function

The small molecule reduces damaging inflammation and improves heart function in mouse models of heart attack   05.12.2019 Also in: Life SciencesDisease, Drugs & DiagnosticsMolecular and Cell BiologyPersonalized Medicine Injured heart following myocardial...
A better vaccine against Ebola?

A better vaccine against Ebola?

Weizmann study may show the way BRIEFS DATE: NOVEMBER 19, 2019 A vaccine that protects against Ebola—one of the world’s deadliest viral diseases—was recently approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the first time any immunization against Ebola has passed this...
Q&A with Prof. Alon Chen

Q&A with Prof. Alon Chen

A lively conversation with the Weizmann Institute’s incoming President Q&A DATE: OCTOBER 23, 2019 Prof. Alon Chen Prof. Alon Chen enters office as the next President of the Weizmann Institute on December 1. A  world-renowned neuroscientist with a focus on...
Passing the torch: Q&A with President Prof. Daniel Zajfman

Passing the torch: Q&A with President Prof. Daniel Zajfman

DATE: OCTOBER 23, 2019 Prof. Daniel Zajfman Prof. Daniel Zajfman The new Nature survey, in which Weizmann was ranked #2 in research quality, indicates that the ‘Weizmann recipe’ is a good one: small but serious institutions are highly effective. What are the...