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One gene, two important proteins
Researchers discover gene variation in cancer-causing "STAT" family encodes two —not one—functional proteins When the Human Genome Project first revealed last year that humans possess only an estimated 30,000 genes — fives times more than a mustard weed plant — the fact that many of our g...
Rockefeller researchers provide the first functional evidence for mammalian pheromone receptors
Pheromones — chemical signals that influence social and reproductive behaviors — have been studied since the 1950s, but the molecules in the mammalian nervous system that actually detect pheromones have remained elusive. Now, a team of researchers, led by The Rockefeller University's Peter Momb...
Dinosaur ancestor's vision possibly nocturnal
Researchers recreate 240-million year old protein in test tube Call it "Triassic Park": with statistics, instead of amber-preserved DNA, researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at The Rockefeller University and Yale University recreated in the test tube a functional pigment that would ...
Natural-born killers enlisted to fight anthrax
Phage enzymes may offer powerful novel method to wipe out anthrax bacteria in seconds Researchers at The Rockefeller University have hit upon a promising method for rapidly and effectively treating people infected with the deadly anthrax bacterium — including feared drug-resistant strains. The ...
Pivotal Brain Processor Decreased in Schizophrenia
Lower Levels Could Explain Disruption in Mental Function; Study Points Toward Better Treatments New York, NY (August 14, 2002) -- Levels of a pivotal signal processor in the brain are reduced significantly in people with schizophrenia, a study by scientists at The Rockefeller University, Weill Co...
What inspires yeast cells to divide?
Rockefeller scientists discover unexpected trigger Often in science a novel set of experiments comes along that forces researchers to abandon old models in exchange for new ones that better fit their observations. This is the case in a new Nature report by Rockefeller University researchers, wh...
Researchers discover molecular "switch" that tells body to store or burn fat
Findings add important new information about how leptin regulates body weight and metabolism An enzyme called SCD-1 plays a crucial role —through the hormone leptin —in signaling the body to either store fat or burn it, report a team of scientists in the July 12 issue of the journal Science. T...
Proteins that transport cholesterol identified
Structural data reveals key aspects of function Professor Jan Breslow and colleagues, including biomedical fellow Raymond Soccio, recently discovered a novel subfamily of the START domain lipid transfer proteins, which are thought to shuttle lipids such as cholesterol within cells. In addition, ...
Researchers Solve Killer Protein's "Crime"
A killer protein named Reaper. A protective protein in bits and pieces. And a dead cell. This is the scene of one of the body's most perfect crimes: programmed cell death. This vital process occurs throughout life as a means to, among other purposes, eliminate potentially cancerous cells. Now, by...
"Vanishing Breed" of Researchers Recognized by HHMI
One clinical scientist selected in New York region: Rockefeller's Robert Darnell Robert B. Darnell, M.D., Ph.D., whose bench-to-bedside studies at Rockefeller University have uncovered new insights about how the brain normally works and about tumor immunity, is one of the 12 physician-scientists ...
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