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Immunotherapy drug eliminates aggressive cancers in clinical trial
The researchers demonstrate that an engineered antibody improves a class of drugs that has struggled to make good on its early promise.
Researchers gather to investigate the building blocks of social behavior
From mosquito courtship to primate memory, a recent symposium hosted by the Rockefeller’s Price Family Center and the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University highlighted ongoing research into how social behaviors emerge.
RockEDU helps local teachers reimagine classroom research
Developed through Rockefeller’s summer outreach program, the “RockEDU Sandbox” offers a path to hands-on inquiry that sparks curiosity and exploration, on and off campus.
New tool helps predict antibiotic resistance
Using the novel platform could help pharmaceutical companies design longer lasting drugs.
Symposium highlights growing synergy in infectious disease research
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation Institute fosters cross-disciplinary collaborations that are leading to more breakthroughs, faster.
How ant queens are made
New research offers fresh insight into how different morphological types and social roles emerge in ant societies, confirming that size is coupled to caste, with genes ultimately deciding how size and caste are related within the context of a colony.
Scientists discover new method for reprogramming organelles
A recent study reveals how the nucleolus gives rise to ribosomes—and how scientists can use that knowledge to reshape the nucleolus itself.
How new genes get switched on
After nearly a decade of cataloguing evolutionarily young genes, complementary studies are the first to demonstrate how they are regulated and expressed.
This brain circuit drives the urge to mate. Except when it doesn’t.
Scientists discovered an identical neural circuit that operates differently in male and female mice.
Restricting an amino acid found in common foods could potentially speed up wound healing
Research shows low levels of the amino acid serine trigger a process that turns hair follicle stem cells into skin repair specialists—and that diet may have a role to play.
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