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The discovery that will advance personalized medicine for infectious diseases

This is the first time that researchers succeed in developing personalized tools for infectious diseases, which until now have only been developed for specific diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's
The thinness of the cancer. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Why do cancer patients lose weight?

The institute's scientists reveal how cancer leads to fatal emaciation and point the way to treatment
The lining of the large intestine of a mouse under a microscope. The mucosa of normal mice (top, left) malfunctions as inflammation progresses (top, middle) and promotes the development of cancer (top, right). In contrast, in mice without HSF1 (bottom, left), inflammation does not develop (bottom, middle and right)

A slippery and inflamed slope

survival of the fittest. Illustration: shutterstock

What does "survival of the fittest" mean? in the corona epidemic

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Fluorite crystal - the mineral is mentioned in writings from the 16th century, is used, among other things, for ornamental purposes and is considered one of the most colorful minerals in the world. Photo: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0

What does the crystal signify?

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elders. From Wikipedia

the barrier

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The gene expression of immune cells in the colon (left): monocytes before reaching the colon, "criminal" cells that are not educated, immune cells after a series of education, old immune cells

Peer pressure

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Prof. David and Lech. Photo: Weizmann Institute

A warning call

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Prof. Rebecca Dickstein. Continuous activity. Photo: Weizmann Institute magazine

The principle of continuity

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Cross section of a human lung infected with cancer. The white block above is his tape and the black areas indicate that the original owner of the lung smoked. From Wikimedia

Malicious inflammation / Gary Stix

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Structures consisting of carbon nanoparticles

Carbon black nanoparticles can cause medical damage

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The cellular "steam valve" discovered by Prof. David Valech. Illustration: Weizmann Institute

The scientists of the institute discovered a group of genes that suppress increased cell division

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Cells imaged with a penetrating electron microscope. Photo: Wikipedia

How much can one cell swallow?

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Standing from the right: Dr. Andrew Kovalenko, Jin-Chul Kim, Dr. Konstantin Bogdanov, Dr. Tai-Bong Kang and Dr. Uri Brenner. Sitting from the right: Dr. Akhil Rajput and Prof. David Wallach.

Why does the body choose to implement a strategy that carries the risk of chronic inflammation and how does it work to reduce the risk?

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