cell death

Tilapia fish that were affected by the virus and died. Courtesy of the researchers

Between viruses and fish

The genetic sequence of a virus that caused the morbidity and mortality of tilapia fish is not similar to any known genetic sequence
First row (from right to left): Inbal Zigdon, Dr. Yifat Marble, Dr. Molly Dayan and Dr. Ron Ben-Yair (in the frame), second row: Noa Hezekiah, Dr. Merav Shmoeli and Roi Maor, third row: Neta Nodel, Dr. Avital Eisenberg-Lerner, Mercedes Rosenwald and Dr. Matthias Kramer, fourth row: Adi Ullman and Dr. Judith Itka Shagiv. Do not break under pressure. Photo by Weizmann Institute spokesperson

Port arrester and release mechanism in the human cell

Algal cells respond in different ways to identical stress conditions. Illustration: Prof. Assaf Vardi's laboratory, Weizmann Institute

survival of the few

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Molecular amnesty

Confocal microscope observation of two mature fruit fly testes filled with dividing germ cells (in green). About a quarter of these cells (in red and pink) die in the alternative death pathway

Alternative death