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Tracking Global Threats Via the Internet
International Monitoring of Emerging Infectious Diseases Provides Early Warnings A global system that allows for early warning, communications, diagnosis, prevention and control could greatly limit the public health threats of illness and death that emerging diseases pose, says Stephen S. Morse, ...
How Many People Can The Earth Support?
The number depends on nature and on human choices If the human population continued growing at the rate seen in 1990, the world would tally 694 billion people by the year 2150, the United Nations predicts. But that's not likely, says Joel E. Cohen, Ph.D., professor and head of the Laboratory of P...
Human Genetics Center Created at Rockefeller University
$5 Million Grant from The Starr Foundation Allows for Studies of Hundreds of Families The Rockefeller University has established The Starr Center for Human Genetics, one of the largest U.S. centers for the study of diseases linked to heredity. The Starr Foundation provided a $5 million grant to e...
Newly Identified Protein Caps Chromosomes Ends
A newly isolated protein is a vital part of human telomeres, the shields that guard the ends of chromosomes against damage and destruction. Scientists at Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center report their identification and cloning of the protein in the Dec. 8 Science...
Special Proteins Transmit Signals Within Cells
Innovative laboratory technique reveals how messages influence cellular careers. Special proteins play a key role in receiving and sending messages that influence the careers of healthy and diseased cells. In an innovative laboratory approach, Rockefeller University scientists developed probes th...
Flu Vaccines, Cell Growth, DNA and Psoriasis: A Day of Virology and Cell Biology
What: Flu Vaccines, Cell Growth, DNA and Psoriasis: A Day of Virology and Cell Biology Who: Experts from around the world When: Thursday, Nov. 30, 9:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. Where: Caspary Auditorium at The Rockefeller University 1230 York Ave., New York City What kind of flu vaccine does a better job t...
Circadian Rhythm Set by Pairing of Two Proteins
The molecular control of the daily cycle known as circadian rhythm lies in the pairing of two proteins, scientists report in a trio of papers in the Nov. 3 Science. The findings, from fruit fly studies, promise to help scientists better understand human, animal and plant circadian rhythms, which ...
Leptin Helps Body Regulate Fat, Links to Diet
Leptin, a protein produced by fat, appears to play an important role in how the body manages its supply of fat, report scientists in the November Nature Medicine. Leptin, a protein produced by fat, appears to play an important role in how the body manages its supply of fat, report scientists in t...
Japanese Government Honors Rockefeller University Professor for Cancer Research
The Japanese government will present Japan's Order of Culture to cancer researcher Hidesaburo Hanafusa, Ph.D., Leon Hess Professor at The Rockefeller University, in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday, Nov. 3. Hanafusa is the only scientist of the five native Japanese receiving t...
Lecture: How Many People Can the Earth Support?
What: Lecture on How Many People Can the Earth Support? Who: Joel E. Cohen, M.P.H., Ph.D., Dr.P.H., professor and director of the Laboratory of Populations at The Rockefeller University When: Friday, Oct. 27, at 3:45 p.m. Where: Caspary Auditorium at The Rockefeller University 1230 York Ave., N...
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