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Mouse studies yield cause and potential cure, with human studies in progress Scientists at The Rockefeller University have determined that despite the fact that the autoimmune disease lupus results from a combination of genetics that likely varies from person to person, a common โ€œgatekeeperโ€ ...

Rockefeller University scientists have revealed a new function of a key component of the mechanism that cells use to accurately separate chromosomes when they divide. Disruptions in this process can cause diseases such as cancer. Reporting in the January issue of Nature Cell Biology, Michael A. L...

Rockefeller University scientists identify a protein that regulates alcohol-withdrawal seizures Seizures are the most life-threatening, as well as disconcerting, symptoms of withdrawal in people who are alcoholics and who abruptly stop drinking. Heavy consumption of alcohol, or ethanol, the subst...

Rockefeller University researchers shed light on how T cells are activated, providing insight for the design of more effective vaccines and immunotherapies The human body uses many mechanisms to fight disease, but perhaps the most important cells in the immune system are the T cells. Helper and k...

Baby songbirds and human infants learn sounds in similar ways Of all the world's animals, only humans, some kinds of birds and perhaps some porpoises and whales learn the sounds they use to communicate with each other through a process of listening, imitation and practice. For the rest, including...

New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, at a news conference hosted by Rockefeller University on Nov. 18, 2004, announced plans to develop the East River Science Park, a bioscience research and development campus, on a city-owned portion of the Bellevue Hospital Center. Prior to the announcemen...

Nicole Le Douarin, French embryologist, first recipient Rockefeller University awarded the first Pearl Meister Greengard Prize to French embryologist Nicole Le Douarin on Wednesday, Oct. 27. The prize was created by Rockefeller University scientist Paul Greengard to honor his mother, Pearl Meiste...

A team of researchers led by Rockefeller University's Michael P. Rout, Ph.D., have discovered a possible crucial evolutionary link between the simple cells that make up bacteria and the more complex cells that comprise animal and plant cells, including those of humans. This molecular sculptor may...

Time-lapse movies show brain cells move like a two-stroke engine Following the often-quoted advice of Yogi Berra โ€” "You can observe a lot by just watching" โ€” Rockefeller University scientists show that nerve cells in the developing brains of humans and other mammals move in a two-part "step" le...

Short stretch of DNA sequence fast, accurate method for identifying species The task of identifying Earth's estimated 10 million species has daunted biologists for centuries - fewer than two million have been named. Using a technique called DNA barcoding, researchers at Rockefeller University and...