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New technique tracks earliest stages of embryonic development

February 13, 2024February 13, 2024Arsen Mayer

No one would ever confuse a human being with a mouse, a chicken, or an elephant, but at the very start of their different developmental paths, they share a striking similarity. In fact, even the most experienced researchers have a hard time saying whether an embryo in its gastrulation stage – one of the earliest […]

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Weizmann Institute team finds new insight to pituitary disorders

February 8, 2024February 8, 2024Arsen Mayer

An unexpected observation has led researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot to challenge a 200-year-old doctrine regarding the embryonic origins of the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. Their study challenges an old dogma regarding the gland’s embryonic origins and could lead to new insights into growth-hormone deficiency and other […]

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Researchers find new way to make animal antibodies safe for humans

February 6, 2024February 6, 2024Arsen Mayer

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers present a new algorithm to greatly speed up the process of engineering therapeutic proteins to protect against diseases. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot have developed an algorithm that offers a much faster and cheaper way of adapting animal antibodies to make them safe for humans – […]

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Exposure to tears leads to lower aggression in males – study

December 21, 2023December 21, 2023Arsen Mayer

Despite the common expression “crocodile tears” that means a “phony display of emotion,” mice and rats are the only animals that release tears. According to Italian researchers who studied rodent tears three years ago, male mice tears turn female mice on with a specific protein that acts as an aphrodisiac to the females, making them […]

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

December 14, 2023December 16, 2023Arsen Mayer

It has been known for decades that diabetics and pre-diabetics with high levels of blood sugar (hyperglycemia) are at a substantially increased risk of developing severe lung disease if they become infected with viruses such as influenza, as well as with bacteria and fungi.  This mysterious phenomenon became even more pressing when the COVID-19 pandemic […]

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