Eran Alinev

Intestinal bacteria. Illustration courtesy of Prof. Eran Elinav, Weizmann Institute

We know what you ate: the method that reveals the secrets of the digestive system

Coca Cola Zero. Image: depositphotos.com

Without calories but not without a price: how sugar substitutes affect the human body

Institute scientists have shown that calorie-free sweeteners affect the composition and activity of intestinal bacteria and may disrupt the body's metabolism; The degree of influence varies greatly from person to person
Bacteriophages attack bacteria. Image: depositphotos.com

An innovative therapeutic approach mobilizes viruses to intercept disease-causing gut bacteria

In a study published today in the scientific journal Cell, Weizmann Institute of Science scientists demonstrated an innovative therapeutic approach that performs "targeted defeat" of unwanted intestinal bacteria using a creative and precise weapon - viruses that attack
Mice in a smoking friendly bar. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The smoking gun of the link between smoking cessation and obesity: gut bacteria

Nicotine and other compounds found in cigarettes penetrate the intestine through the bloodstream and change the composition of the intestinal bacteria and their products
Mouse liver tissue under the microscope. Signs of acute liver failure (left) disappeared after administration of a drug that blocks the control protein MYC

Involvement of intestinal bacteria and liver cells in acute liver failure

Weizmann Institute of Science scientists revealed the discovery and outlined a path for future treatment
Intestinal bacteria. Photo: Eran Alinev's laboratory, Weizmann Institute

The intestinal bacteria may influence the development processes of ALS disease

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Prof. Eran Alinev. Photo: Weizmann Institute

Professors Ofira Elon, Eran Alinev, Itamar Gethi and Yoram Yom Tov won the Lottery's Landau Prize

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Intestinal bacteria. Illustration: shutterstock

The effect of probiotic preparations varies from person to person, and may even be undesirable

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Proteins involved in the function of the intestinal barrier (the E-cadherein protein is marked in green)

The relationship between infections and obesity

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Hiyo syndrome - weight loss and obesity. Illustration: Alit Avni-Sharon

Gut bacteria contribute to the "recurring obesity" syndrome

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Bacteriophages attack bacteria. Illustration: shutterstock

Viruses in the service of future medicine

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A balanced diet. Illustration: shutterstock

There are large inter-individual differences between different people in their responses to food

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Intestinal bacteria. Illustration Mjak/Shutterstock

Intestinal bacteria are involved in diseases such as diabetes and Crohn's disease

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Reporter gene in bacterial colonies. The gene, which codes for the beta-galactosidase enzyme, makes it possible to distinguish between colonies in which the gene is expressed (blue colonies) and colonies in which the gene is not expressed (white colonies). Photo: from Wikipedia

Spotlight - biology in large numbers / Dorit Ferns

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Photography from the intestinal cavity to their surface using a scanning electron microscope. You can see groups of bubbles protruding from the surface of the goblet cells, on their way to be released into the intestinal cavity. In a mouse without inflammasome, the bubbles are prominent but not secreted

Control, ripening and excrement

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Single cell populations in the intestine. Scanning electron microscope photograph of single-cell populations on top of intestinal epithelial cells

The second genome

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