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The making of a fat cell
Researchers identify a key ingredient in development of body fat The future of a young body cell is filled with uncertainties. Will it mature into a red blood cell and carry oxygen to remote tissues? Or might it become a liver cell and help rid the body of dangerous toxins? Ultimately, its destin...
Three-D images shed light on first steps of RNA synthesis
The first three-dimensional images of the initiating form of the molecular machinery in bacteria that "transcribes" genetic information from DNA into RNA — the crucial first step for making proteins — is reported in a pair of papers in the May 17 issue of the journal Science. These research fin...
More Than Just Packaging, Histones Help Turn Genes On
Rockefeller scientists redefine role of proteins responsible for bundling DNA into cells Histones, the proteins that help roll several feet of DNA into the microscopic span of a single nucleus, are turning out to be much more than just packaging material. Instead, recent studies indicate that the...
"Good Citizens" in the Immune System Carry Out State's Orders
Diversity in PKC signaling enzymes yields clues to tolerance The difference between good and evil matters as much in the immune system, it turns out, as it does to humankind. The problem is understanding how the immune system's cells perceive the difference. In the April 25 issue of the journal N...
Leprosy bug provides clues to early nerve degeneration
Possible insight to multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases that destroy nerve cell "insulation" In the May 3 issue of Science, scientists at Rockefeller University and New York University School of Medicine report that the nerve damage that leads to a loss of sensation and disab...
Nature's Own Antidote to Cocaine
Brain opiate may explain why some people are less susceptible to addiction Some people's brains may harbor their own built-in defense system against the addictive powers of cocaine. According to new research at The Rockefeller University, a naturally occurring brain opiate called dynorphin may, i...
Rockefeller University Announces Scholarship Fund in Name of Employee Who Died at World Trade Center
Shaheed Mohammed Salman Hamdani Memorial Fund will benefit Pakastani-American Students Rockefeller University's Acting President Thomas P. Sakmar, M.D., announced today the establishment of the Shaheed Mohammed Salman Hamdani Memorial Fund, named for the 23-year-old research technician who died w...
How Aging Cells Retire
Loss of protection at tips of chromosomes may explain why older cells cease to reproduce As we grow older, our hair turns gray, our bones grow thin and, among other changes, our telomeres shrink. But, more than markers of the passage of time, telomeres, the tips of chromosomes, may harbor answers...
Oliver Sacks, Awakenings Author, Receives Rockefeller University's Lewis Thomas Prize
Best-selling writer is honored for his literary contributions to science Oliver Sacks, author of the best-selling book Awakenings, which was the basis for a movie of the same name starring Robin Williams and Robert de Niro, received The Rockefeller University's 2001 Lewis Thomas Prize on Monday,...
Schizophrenia Predisposition Linked to Two Genes on Chromosome 22
In a systematic study of 13 genes on human chromosome 22 in an area of the chromosome previously linked to schizophrenia, a team of scientists in the United States and South Africa identified two genes from this group that contribute to susceptibility to this psychiatric disorder. The report, pub...
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