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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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, ...
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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...
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"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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The making of a fat cell

Researchers identify a key ingredient in development of body fat The future of a young body cell is filled with uncertainties. Will it mature into a red blood cell and carry oxygen to remote tissues? Or might it become a liver cell and help rid the body of dangerous toxins? Ultimately, its destin...
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Three-D images shed light on first steps of RNA synthesis

The first three-dimensional images of the initiating form of the molecular machinery in bacteria that "transcribes" genetic information from DNA into RNA — the crucial first step for making proteins — is reported in a pair of papers in the May 17 issue of the journal Science. These research fin...
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