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Rockefeller ranks first among global universities in several measures of scientific impact
In a new international comparison of universities, Rockefeller University dominates the rankings related to the impact of its research and the transfer of knowledge to the private sector. The rankings, released March 30 by the European Commission-funded U-Multirank survey, placed Rockefeller amon...
In the News - NPR - Casanova
A single gene may determine why some people get so sick with the flu "The study helps explain genetic variation changes the way that people fight off viruses. 'The response to influenza is genetically impaired,' says [Jean-Laurent] Casanova. He's hoping that the study will catch the interest of o...
Genetic mutation helps explain why, in rare cases, flu can kill
Nobody likes getting the flu, but for some people, fluids and rest aren’t enough. A small number of children who catch the influenza virus fall so ill they end up in the hospital — perhaps needing ventilators to breathe — even while their family and friends recover easily. New research by Roc...
To survive, a parasite mixes and matches its disguises, study suggests
Orchestrated costume changes make it possible for certain nasty microbes to outsmart the immune system, which would otherwise recognize them by the telltale proteins they wear. By taking the first detailed look at how one such parasite periodically assumes a new protein disguise during a long-ter...
Researchers master gene editing technique in mosquito that transmits deadly diseases
Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene — “knocking it out” — then ask how the organism has changed. Are its senses affected? Its behavior? Can it even survive? Thanks to the recent advance of gene editing technology, this ...
In the News - New York Times Dot Earth - Ausubel
Earth’s untallied biological bounty, from L.A. suburbs to deep seabed sediments  "Recent chats with Jesse Ausubel of Rockefeller University drew me this week to remarkable new discoveries of traces of life in sediment layers up to 200 feet beneath the South Pacific Ocean seabed that were long pre...
Chemical tag marks future microRNAs for processing, study shows
Just as two DNA strands naturally arrange themselves into a helix, DNA’s molecular cousin RNA can form hairpin-like loops. But unlike DNA, which has a single job, RNA can play many parts — including acting as a precursor for small molecules that block the activity of genes. These small RNA molec...
Changes in a blood-based molecular pathway identified in Alzheimer’s disease
By the time most people receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease — based on clinical signs of mental decline — their brains have already suffered a decade or more of damage. But although the mechanisms that spur the destruction of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease are not yet fully understood...
Scientists pinpoint molecule that controls stem cell plasticity by boosting gene expression
Stem cells can have a strong sense of identity. Taken out of their home in the hair follicle, for example, and grown in culture, these cells remain true to themselves. After waiting in limbo, these cultured cells become capable of regenerating follicles and other skin structures once transplanted...
In the News - Xconomy - Darnell
Six Takeaways From "New York’s Life Science Disruptors"  "Genomics is so daunting, it made New York institutions collaborate...The answers to so many questions are at scientists’ fingertips, but finding them is a huge undertaking. [Robert] Darnell’s lab at Rockefeller University, for instance...
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