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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

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Detail from artistic interpretation of the rare genetic disease Rett syndrome by Hadar Zysman, who suffers from the disease. She creates art using a computer app that responds to her eye movements. (Courtesy of Weizmann Institute)
February 29, 2024, 11:01 am
Rare genetic diseases captured in painful and inspiring online art exhibition
With February 29 marking International Rare Diseases Day, Israeli researchers launch a website providing families of diagnosed kids with crucial information and resources
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Israel Prize recipient Prof. Michal Schwartz (Courtesy of Weizmann Institute of Science)
April 26, 2023, 6:38 am
For scientist Michal Schwartz, Israel Prize is rewarding milestone in ongoing journey
Weizmann Institute neuroimmunologist bucked convention to prove that brain is not isolated from immune system, leading to possible therapies to treat Alzheimer’s and other diseases
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Gertrude Goldhaber in her office in this undated photo. (Gertrude S. Goldhaber Collection, Leo Baeck Institute)
March 27, 2022, 8:34 pm
When women – and Jews – were forced out of sciences, this Nazi-era pioneer persisted
Gertrude Goldhaber fled the Holocaust to become a renowned US researcher and women’s rights activist. Her son is gifting a treasure trove of documents to NYC’s Leo Baeck Institute
By Cathryn J. Prince
Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH, author of 'Aroused.' (Martha Epstein)
July 26, 2018, 8:53 pm
‘Aroused’: an exciting look at the hormones affecting hunger, sex and everything
A new book by Randi Hutter Epstein turns us on to how little we actually know about the chemicals controlling us
By Cathryn J. Prince
Hedy Lamarr in the 1941 film 'Ziegfeld Girl.' (Courtesy Alexandra Dean)
November 24, 2017, 6:31 pm
How actress Hedy Lamarr’s WWII military invention was torpedoed by the US Navy
Debuting November 24, a new film about the Hollywood bombshell reveals how, typecast as a sex symbol, her technological contributions were squandered
By Rich Tenorio
Hilary Faverman
November 16, 2017, 3:05 pm
Hilary Faverman
My working mama mojo
Put a bunch of career-minded, English-speaking mothers in Israel together, and the energy is invigorating
Prof. Molly Shoichet oversees research by PhD candidates and post-doctorate researchers, but encourages their creativity. (Dana Wachter/Times of Israel)
June 8, 2017, 5:31 am
In this lab, researchers work to reverse degenerative disease — and gender discrimination
Jewish Canadian Prof. Molly Shoichet strives to cure cancer and fight blindness — with a record number of female scientists
By Dana Wachter
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