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Left: cells with a mutant FUS protein that causes accumulations (in green) and leads to ALS disease. Right: the cells with the protein/chaferon (in pink) that manages to prevent the accumulations

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The proteins and mechanisms required to fight the protein accumulations that lead to neurodegenerative diseases have been identified
Image from a confocal microscope of the inner ear. Photo credit: Prof. Keren Avraham and Shahar Tiber

For the first time in the world: in a family from Israel, 25 new genes that cause deafness were discovered in Israel and Israel

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One of the genes, called ATOH1, was found for the first time in the world to be involved in deafness. Family members in Israel are the first people in the world to be found to have a mutation in this gene - which is responsible for hearing loss

Has a solution been found for fragile X syndrome?

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MRI scan of an ALS patient. Source: Frank Gaillard, Wikimedia.

New drugs for ALS are on their way to clinical trials

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Humans share with fish about 70% of the genes that encode proteins, but only 0.5% of the genes belonging to the control group that produce lncRNA. Image: pixabay.

Genetic recycling: new roles for ancient genes

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Isolation of the gene for asexual reproduction in plants. Tel Aviv University

Researchers from Tel Aviv University succeeded in isolating a gene that activated an asexual reproduction mechanism in plants

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A blue eye and a green eye. The differences between the photos are not only in the tone but also in the genome. From Wikipedia

All those with blue eyes have a common father

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Right: Dr. Zvi Telusti and Yonatan Sabir. Correction. Photo: Weizmann Institute

The big stretch

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HeLa cells stained with the staining kit that stains their cell nucleus in blue

Reflections - gardens for sale?

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From the right: Dr. Amnon Buxboim, Dr. Shirley Dauba, Prof. Roi Bar-Ziv and Dan Bracha

Dense in the genome

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The editor of the study in which a gene was discovered in the tomato, doctoral student Uri Krieger (Photo: Zak Lipman, Hebrew University)

Scientists from the Hebrew University and the USA have discovered a gene in the tomato that increases the yield of the plant by 60% and improves its quality

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Underwater photo of a whale, courtesy of Wikipedia

Evolution without teeth

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Evolution under control

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The fight against malaria takes a step forward: a virus capable of infecting the Anopheles mosquitoes

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A duel between two proteins helps create patterns like zebra stripes and butterfly wings

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How do embryonic stem cells differentiate?

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The relationship between gene activity and the number of binding sites of control proteins present in the control region of the gene. Shades of red and green show the level of gene activity (red indicates a high level of activity). The gray graph shows the maximum level reached by the activity of each type of control protein. Illustration: Eran Segal, Weizmann Institute

Researchers: A person has a unique version of the gene responsible for speech and language

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