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Learning to Read DNA by Rewriting It
Posted by Weizmann Science Writer on May 31, 2012 Would you learn a language by taking a written text and changing letters here and there, or moving a few words around, and asking whether the meaning has changed? That may not be the most efficient way to learn French, but a Weizmann Institute scientist is betting that it will be a very useful way…
An Israeli at IceCube
Posted by Weizmann Science Writer on May 29, 2012 Not many Israelis make it all the way to the South Pole. (In fact, very few people go there, at all. Not only is it really, really cold, it is extremely difficult and expensive to transport people, gear and necessities to this remote and inhospitable corner of the earth.) So when we learned that Dr.…
Some Thoughts on a Mechanism for Cell Suicide
Posted by Weizmann Science Writer on May 20, 2012 You might not think of cell suicide as a sexy subject – but it is actually quite hot. Cells off themselves for any number of reasons: In embryonic development, cell suicide helps shape the growing organism. In adults, suicide is the last resort of a cell whose DNA is too damaged to repair, and its…