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In the future, artificial cells may produce complex protein structures on demand
For years, scientists around the world have dreamed of building a complete, functional, artificial cell. Though this vision is still a distant blur on the horizon, many are making progress on various fronts. Prof. Roy Bar-Ziv and his research team in the Weizmann Institute’s Materials and Interfaces Department recently took a significant step in this direction when they created a two-dimensional, cell-like system on a glass chip. This system, composed of some of the basic biological molecules found in cells – DNA, RNA, proteins – carried out one of the central functions of a living cell: gene expression, the process by which the information stored in the genes is translated into proteins. More than that, it enabled the scientists, led by research student Yael Heprotein yman, to obtain “snapshots” of this process in nanoscale resolution.
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Results showing the same signaling enzymes can trigger two different processes in the cell sound a warning to biomedical researchers
Stroke, heart attacks and numerous other common disorders result in a massive destruction of cells and tissues called necrosis. It’s a violent event: As each cell dies, its membrane ruptures, releasing substances that trigger inflammation, which in turn can cause more cellular necrosis. A new Weizmann Institute study may help develop targeted therapies for controlling the tissue destruction resulting from inflammation and necrosis.
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by Israel's high-tech industries in the framework of a special exhibit that will be set up in President Obama's honor.
The products that were chosen are in the fields of renewable energy, the war on traffic accidents, medicine, search and rescue, and robotics.
Prime Minister Netanyahu will note that Israel was recently ranked first in the world in research and development intensity
After touring the exhibit, President Obama will meet with the next generation of Israeli scientists – young people from Haifa,
who won an international robotics competition that was held in the US last year.
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Later, at the entrance to the technology exhibit, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Dudu Fisher, who was present, to sing "He who Makes Peace on High" for President Obama. The Prime Minister explained that this is what the Jewish People pray for and that the song symbolizes the deep link between the long history of the Jewish People and the Land of Israel.
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120 programmers partook in the WIX Hackathon this past weekend
at the company's office in Tel Aviv
of the WIX Corporate offices
in Tel Aviv and ended 72 hours later with over 32 new applications
for the WIX App Market, the leading platform for website building.
