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Rockefeller University Names Sir Paul Nurse President
Nobel laureate, British cancer biology researcher elected ninth RU President The Rockefeller University announced today that its Board of Trustees has elected Sir Paul Nurse, Ph.D., as the ninth President of the university. Nurse currently is Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK, the world's lar...
Hardworking sodium/ potassium pump fundamentally similar to free-flowing ion channel
Deadly coral toxin exposes ion pump's deepest secret Right now, in your body, tiny pumps in the fatty membranes surrounding all your cells are hard at work pushing select charged ions, such as sodium, potassium or calcium, through those membranes. Like a water pump in a high-rise apartment buildi...
Observing Proteins and Cells in the Wild
"Quantum dots" may allow researchers to track proteins and cells in their natural environments Imagine if molecular and cell biologists could watch proteins and cells at work in their natural habitat in the same way that wildlife biologists observe animals in the wild. They'd sit back and witness...
Search for cholesterol absorption genes narrows to two chromosome regions
Findings with lab mice may lead to novel cholesterol-lowering drugs against heart disease Two people eat the same egg, cheese and ham muffin for breakfast, yet one absorbs significantly more cholesterol into his or her blood than the other. Why? The answer, and all of its implications for combat...
First quantum dots applied to living organism
"The most exciting, and beautiful, scientific images I have ever seen" Quantum dots are nano-sized crystals that exhibit all the colors of the rainbow due to their unique semiconductor qualities. These exquisitely small, human-made beacons have the power to shine their fluorescent light for month...
"Outlaw" organism turns informant
African trypanosome source of scientific insight In a critical scene in the film remake of the classic 1960s TV series "The Fugitive," actor Harrison Ford sheds his coat and replaces it with another. This simple deception allows him to escape detection by the swarm of police officers trailing him...
Noise inner life cells
Process of "reading" genes not perfectly predictable Within the smoothly operating factory that is the cell, tiny molecular machines carry out their tasks with order and certainty. Or at least that's what many scientists once believed. In a recent issue of Science, researchers at The Rockefeller ...
Wrong Proteins Targeted in Battle Against Cancer?
Lasker recipient James E. Darnell contends drug developers should focus more on "transcription factor" proteins Researchers may be looking for novel cancer drugs in the wrong places, says Rockefeller University Professor James E. Darnell Jr., M.D., in an article in this month's Nature Reviews Ca...
"CAF" protein mystery solved by AIDS researchers
Blood proteins shown to thwart HIV provide clues to potential new treatment Acclaimed AIDS researcher David Ho, M.D., a Rockefeller University Irene Diamond Professor who heads the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC), and his research team, have discovered that several natural proteins -a...
Lasker Award Honors Rockefeller University's James Darnell
"Special Achievement in Medical Science" recognizes a groundbreaking researcher, influential writer and mentor James E. Darnell Jr., M.D., the pioneering researcher in the field of gene regulation — who has nurtured the careers of over 100 young, talented scientists — was honored today with the...
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