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According to a new study from Joel Cohen, statistical modeling may one day help scientists anticipate and manage a wide range of extreme occurrences. #Rockefellerscience ... See MoreSee Less

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An elaborate set of zebrafish experiments is shining light on one of neuroscience’s greatest enigmas: How brains make decisions. By tracking neural activity, scientists can now predict a fish’s next move before it happens. #SeekMagazine ... See MoreSee Less

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Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis bacteria affect half a million people a year. Research from the Darst lab shows that a compound first discovered in the 1980s may be able to help. #Rockefellerscience ... See MoreSee Less

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Research from Sohail Tavazoie providing the first evidence that our own genetics can promote metastasis is competing in #STATMadness—a tournament to find the best innovations in science and medicine.

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In 1926, exactly 95 years ago today, Rockefeller's Clara J. Lynch demonstrated that cancer is heritable. Although the first cancer-causing gene would not be discovered until almost half a century later, Lynch noticed that certain laboratory mice developed cancer spontaneously. She performed a series of experiments, cross-breeding cancer prone mice and tracing how subsequent lineages appeared to inherit lung and breast cancer from their predecessors. Her conclusions pioneered the young field of cancer genetics, laying the groundwork for the now universal study of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Through her mouse experiments Lynch also eventually bred a unique strain of Swiss albino mice, which she shared with the broader scientific community. The descendants of Lynch's mice would become mainstays of biology research around the world.
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