Testosterone supplementation in elderly men may be protective in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a new study reported by researchers at Rockefeller University. Findings from epidemiological studies have indicated that estrogen-replacement therapy in postmenopausa...

Ten out of the 60 high school students who participated in RU's Science Outreach Programhave been named semifinalists in the Intel Science Talent Search (formerly the Westinghouse Science Talent Search). This program, now in its 59th year, is one of the most prestigious science awards for high sc...

DATE: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 TIME: 12:55-5:00 p.m. PLACE: The Rockefeller University Caspary Auditorium York Avenue at East 66th Street New York City 12:55 p.m. Introductory Remarks Arnold J. Levine, President, The Rockefeller University Phillip A. Griffiths, Director, Institute for Advanc...

Findings suggest new treatment for autoimmune neurological disease A rare but devastating neurological disorder may be caused partly by immune-system cells that are spurred into action against tumors elsewhere in the body and eventually attack the brain, Rockefeller University researchers report....

Discovery may have important implications for treating bone disease Researchers at The Howard Hughes Medical Institute at The Rockefeller University have identified a novel molecular mechanism by which a molecule called TRANCE controls the balance between bone formation and bone destruction. The ...

Mammals spend a large portion of their lives sleeping. In addition to allowing the body to rest, sleep seems to play a role in the consolidation of daytime memories. A number of scientific observations have supported the idea that the brain is reactivated during sleep to process sensorimotor info...

The first live Webcasts of the Nobel Prize lectures will take place on Wed., Dec. 8, 1999. This year's laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Günter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D., of The Rockefeller University, will present his lecture, "Protein Targeting." DATE: Wed., Dec. 8, 1999 TIME: 8:50 a.m. EST (2:50 p...

Rockefeller University cell biologist Günter Blobel, M.D., Ph.D., was awarded the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine today. Blobel, the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Professor at The Rockefeller University and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, heads the Laboratory of Cell Biology....

Rockefeller University Professor Roderick MacKinnon, M.D., has been named a recipient of the 1999 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, the nation's most distinguished honor for outstanding contributions to basic and clinical medical research. Roderick Mackinnon, M.D. MacKinnon, head of Roc...

Immune response boosted by prior interruptions in therapy An unusual group of HIV-infected patients who stopped taking antiviral drugs yet continued to suppress HIV replication may have somehow boosted their immune response against the virus by temporary therapy interruptions, researchers from th...