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Neuron in zebrafish may reveal clues to the wiring of the human ear
Developing neurons tend to play the field, making more connections than they will ever need. Then the weakest are cut. But Rockefeller University scientists now show that neurons in young zebrafish — vertebrates, like humans — behave differently: They immediately find a cluster of specialized ce...
Variations in key genes increases Caucasians' risk of heroin addiction
Sometimes, small changes do add up. In the case of addictive diseases, tiny variations in a few genes can increase or decrease the likelihood of some people developing a dependency on heroin. Now, by examining a select group of genetic variants in more than 400 former severe heroin addicts, Rocke...
A blood marker may indicate Alzheimer's risk
A simple blood test capable of predicting if a person might develop Alzheimer’s disease is within sight, and could eventually be used to help scientists reverse onset of the disease in those most at risk. According to new research by Rockefeller University scientists and their colleagues at Colum...
Abuse of painkillers can predispose adolescents to lifelong addiction
No child aspires to a lifetime of addiction. But their brains might. In new research to appear online in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology today, Rockefeller University researchers reveal that adolescent brains exposed to the painkiller OxyContin can sustain lifelong and permanent changes in th...
C. Erec Stebbins awarded prestigious EUREKA grant
C. Erec Stebbins, associate professor at The Rockefeller University, has been awarded an inaugural EUREKA grant from the National Institutes of Health for a project aimed at exploiting a bacteria-based “nanosyringe” as a means of delivering proteins into specific cells for therapeutic purposes. ...
Clinical study to examine role of vitamin D in kidney disease
Vitamin D is the key to preventing rickets and osteoporosis, but Rockefeller University scientists suspect it may also play a role in heading off atherosclerosis in people with chronic kidney disease. In a new clinical study, investigators at The Rockefeller University Hospital are examining pati...
Newly uncovered cells may be critical in psoriasis
Psoriasis, one of humanity’s oldest known diseases, has also been one of its most misunderstood. But in a new study that could change researchers’ perspective of the skin disorder and potentially lead to powerful new drug targets, Rockefeller University scientists have found that the source of p...
Rifamycin antibiotics attack tuberculosis bacteria with walls, not signals
Amid concerns about the rising number of new tuberculosis cases worldwide, researchers at Rockefeller University and their collaborators have reexamined and disproved a theory that describes how a potent class of antibiotics kills a deadly form of bacteria. The findings, which will appear in this...
Intensity of human environmental impact may lessen as incomes rise, analysis suggests
The richer you are, the more of the world’s resources you can afford to consume. But in many parts of the world, rising incomes are not having the proportionate effect on energy consumption, croplands and deforestation that one might expect, a new 25-year study shows. By examining a variety of go...
By amplifying cell death signals, scientists make precancerous cells self-destruct
When a cell begins to multiply in a dangerously abnormal way, a series of death signals triggers it to self-destruct before it turns cancerous. Now, in research to appear in the August 15 issue of Genes & Development, Rockefeller University scientists have figured out a way in mice to amplify the...
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