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Rockefeller Researchers Identify Novel Penicillin-resistance Gene in Pneumonia Bacteria
Findings offer new target for development of drugs to combat antibiotic resistance Penicillin resistance of the bacterium that causes pneumonia, the pneumococcus, is a growing global health problem. Although S. pneumoniae was once considered to be routinely susceptible to penicillin, since the ...
Chipping Away at Leptin's Effects
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NIH And Rockefeller Researchers Find That Gene Acts As "Caretaker" To Genome
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Rockefeller University have found that a gene known for repairing breaks in the double strands of DNA also acts as a "caretaker" that prevents chromosome segments from rearranging. Recognizing this additional role for the gene, called Ku80, cou...
Rockefeller researchers characterize yeast nuclear pore complex
Researchers from The Rockefeller University and the University of Alberta in Canada have obtained the first comprehensive inventory of the protein components of the nuclear pore complex (NPC), an essential cellular structure that regulates transport between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Along wi...
Science Outreach H.S. student in top 10 of Intel Science Talent Search
Science Outreach student Eugene Simuni was awarded a $25,000 scholarship for his fifth-place win in the Intel Science Talent Search. A senior at Midwood High School, Simuni was mentored by Ethan Marin, of the Sakmar lab. His project explored protein transmission of visual signals to the brain. Si...
Bard College And Rockefeller University Establish New Collaborative Programs In Science Education
ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - Bard College and The Rockefeller University have established a new, ongoing collaborative program in science education, Rockefeller President Arnold Levine and Bard President Leon Botstein announced today. The new Bard Rockefeller Program, which starts this year, bring...
NYC pilot study pushes Human Genome Project toward cures for disease
With the completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP) in sight, a group of New York City scientists are undertaking a strategic pilot study to turn that knowledge into promising drug targets as quickly as possible. Dubbed the "structural genomics initiative," the study focuses on proteins that ca...
Rockefeller University researchers identify protein that regulates RNA in nerve tissue
Protein may play a key role in nervous system function Rockefeller University researchers have identified a protein that is responsible for regulating RNA splicing in nerve cells, a process essential for the development and operation of complex nervous systems, such as those found in mammals, inc...
Sexual behavior pathways in the brain identified
Valentine's Day cards usually depict Cupid's dart as the messenger of love. New scientific research, however, shows that a key messenger molecule, rather than Cupid's dart, is responsible for female sexual receptivity--at least in rats and mice. Scientists at New York's Rockefeller University and...
Rockefeller Receives Horwitz Prize for Pioneering Work on How Genes are Turned On and Off
Rockefeller University biochemist Robert Roeder, Ph.D., received the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University on Thursday, Feb. 3. The prize, which Roeder shares with Robert Tjian, Ph.D., of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at the University of California at Berkeley and Pierre Cham...
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