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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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Diabetes Researchers Find that a Regulator of Insulin Also Regulates Cholesterol Levels

Researchers in Markus Stoffel's laboratory of Metabolic Diseases have found that that a transcription factor called TCF1 not only regulates insulin production in the pancreas but also controls the regulation of cholesterol. In a paper published in the April issue of Nature Genetics, Stoffel's tea...
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Rockefeller Researchers Identify Defense System in Plants

Protein found to confer resistance to drought Researchers at The Rockefeller University have discovered that an experimental plant may harbor an additional line of defense against drought, once it has left the safety of its seed. The work suggests that a well-known plant hormone delays the growth...
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Researchers Light the Path of Brain's Feeding Circuit in Mice

A novel technique that uses a virus tagged with a green-glowing jellyfish protein has enabled scientists to visualize the feeding circuit in mice. The method may be useful in studies of other complex circuits in the brain. The findings are reported in the March 30 issue of Science by a team of re...
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Researchers Discover Promoter of Nerve Tissue in Frogs

Findings might one day lead to a way to regenerate brain cells for humans Researchers at The Rockefeller University have discovered that a protein known to be involved in the early development of embryos indirectly leads to the formation of nerve tissue in frogs. The findings, reported in the Mar...
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Researchers Find Novel Way to Kill Streptococci Bacteria

Use of microbe’s natural enemy may offer alternative to antibiotics Researchers at The Rockefeller University have discovered a powerful new way to destroy on contact the bacteria that cause strep throat, flesh-eating disease and a variety of other infections. The technique, which may not cause...
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Researchers Identify an Enzyme That Regulates the Action of Chronic Cocaine

New Finding Could Have Major Implications for Treatment of Addiction Scientists have found that an enzyme called Cdk5 regulates the action of chronic cocaine in the brain. In a paper published in the March Nature, members of Paul Greengard's Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience and...
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