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Researchers Uncover Molecular Basis of Second Leading Cause of Mental Retardation

Protein implicated in fragile X syndrome in charge of crucial brain cell events Scientists at last may have determined how mental retardation develops in people with fragile X syndrome, a condition caused by the inherited loss of an essential protein, termed the fragile X mental retardation prote...

M.D.-Ph.D. Training Program for Minority Students Receives $500,000 Grant

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has pledged a $500,000 challenge grant over the next three years to help create a $1 million endowment for the Gateways to the Laboratory Program. Gateways is a 10-week summer training program that enables talented freshman and sophomore college students from minor...
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Rockefeller Researchers Discover Possible Trigger for "Killer T Cells" To Attack

New study indicates how the body may come to turn against itself How do "killer T cells" know when to attack virus-infected and cancerous cells, and when to retreat? The answer possibly has been provided by Rockefeller University research to be published in the Nov. issue ofNature Immunology, and...
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Researchers Propose New Model of Drug Resistance in Staph Bacteria

Findings may lead to the development of drugs that overcome resistance Researchers at The Rockefeller University have established a new model to explain how the infectious "staph" bacterium evades several widely used antibiotics. They show that a protein previously thought to play no role in drug...
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Researchers Trace the Origin of a Widespread Antibiotic-Resistant "Superbug"

The findings may lead to new strategies for combating the infectious microbe One of the most widely disseminated strains of an antibiotic-resistant bacterium responsible for hundreds of infections in European hospitals can be traced back to the 1950s, according to researchers at The Rockefeller U...
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Researchers' Mathematical Model Provides Chagas Disease Insight

Removing domestic animals from the bedroom may significantly reduce transmission By characterizing the discrete population dynamics of an individual household, and by collecting data for many individual households to serve as an empirical base, a Rockefeller University researcher and his Argentin...
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Rockefeller Heart Disease Study Seeks Patients

Researchers test a fatty acid found in fish on at-risk population A new study at The Rockefeller University Hospital will assess the potential of a fatty acid found in fish to reduce heart attack risk. The researchers are testing the hypothesis that a daily dose of the omega-3 fatty acid known as...
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Leptin "Replacement Therapy" Study in Obese Women Begins

The weight-regulating hormone leptin will be given to obese women in a new study at The Rockefeller University Hospital in New York City to test the effects of the treatment on weight loss. Leptin is a hormone that plays an important role in regulating food intake and body weight. In a new study,...
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Researchers Use Cloning Technology to Produce Embryonic Stem Cell Lines from Adult Mice

Study shows that these cells can be coaxed into becoming neurons Embryonic stem cells can be derived from benign biopsies of adult mice and can become neurons and germ cells, report researchers from The Rockefeller University and Sloan-Kettering Institute in the April 27 issue of Science. The fin...
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Friedman, Kuriyan and Steinman elected to National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences announced the election of 72 new members this morning. Among these are three members of The Rockefeller University faculty: Jeffrey M. Friedman, Marilyn M. Simpson Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Director of the Starr Center for Human Gene...
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