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Scientists Determine 3-D Crystal Structure of Cancer-causing Protein
Work Links to Discovery Made at Rockefeller 86 Years Ago The three-dimensional picture of a cancer-causing protein illuminates how a mutated gene transforms cells into cancer, report scientists from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at The Rockefeller University in the Feb. 13 Nature. The dete...
Marker Helps Identify Children at Risk for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Following Streptococcal Infections
A biological marker may identify children at risk for developing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) after having an untreated streptococcal bacteria infection, according to scientists from The Rockefeller University and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The discovery will help impr...
Gene Identified for Most Common Form of Fanconi anemia
The gene involved in the most common form of an inherited, often fatal disease called Fanconi anemia (FA), which causes severe bone marrow failure, birth defects and a type of leukemia, has been isolated and cloned by scientists in an international consortium of six centers, including The Rockefe...
Shrimp OK for Heart Healthy Diets
Good news for shrimp lovers: high cholesterol seafood can be part of a low-fat diet. People no longer need avoid shrimp for its high cholesterol. Steamed shrimp, naturally low in fat, can be included in heart-healthy diets for people without lipid problems, report scientists from The Rockefeller ...
Gene Associated with Alzheimer's Disease Can Protect Brain Cells
A protein made by a gene called apolipoprotein E (apoE) protects cultured nerve cells from the damaging effects of a form of oxygen molecules known to contribute to Alzheimer's disease, report scientists from The Rockefeller University. The findings, published in the September Nature Genetics, re...
Rockefeller University Awards 25 Ph.D.s and Two Honorary Degrees at 36th Commencement
The Rockefeller University today awarded twenty-five Ph.D. degrees to students at the University's 36th commencement ceremonies. Two honorary degrees were also given, one to Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist whose studies have revolutionized scientific understandin...
Rockefeller University Awards 25 Ph.D.s and Two Honorary Degrees at 36th Commencement
The Rockefeller University today awarded twenty-five Ph.D. degrees to students at the University's 36th commencement ceremonies. Two honorary degrees were also given, one to Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist whose studies have revolutionized scientific understandin...
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center Affiliates with The Rockefeller University
The Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center for the City of New York, the largest private HIV/AIDS research center in the world, has affiliated with The Rockefeller University, a New York City-based graduate institution specializing in basic biomedical research. The university's board of trustees vote...
Bacteria Steal Genes, Spread Antibiotic Resistance
Multidrug-Resistant Streptococcus Switches Coat to Evade Immune System A strain of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, resistant to the six most frequently used antibiotics and spread worldwide including U.S. day care centers and hospitals, appears to disguise itself from the immune system by...
Messing With Your Head: Cocaine Found to Affect Endorphin Gene in Brain
The effects of the addictive drug cocaine result, in part, from altering the activity of a gene in the brain, report scientists from The Rockefeller University in the May Molecular Brain Research. "Our study is the first report that any drug of abuse, in this case cocaine, alters the expression o...
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