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For dying cells, timing is everything
Conventional wisdom suggests that cells are at all times balanced precariously between life and death, with proteins that could kill the cell poised to strike at a moment’s notice. While this is certainly true in some cases, new research from Rockefeller University shows that it is not universal,...
Rockefller donated $10,000 to public school
The Rockefeller University has donated $10,000 to New York City’s Public School 183, Robert Lewis Stevenson Elementary School. The money is designated for the school’s science program and will be used to purchase equipment and supplies and pay for other costs associated with teaching science to ...
New therapeutic target for Alzheimer's could lead to drugs without side effects
It’s been 100 years since Alzheimer’s disease was first described, and yet our best treatments in development for the disease are still highly toxic drugs. But new research from Rockefeller University, published in the February 26 online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science...
Kety protein for Hepatitis C entry identified
For as many as 200 million people worldwide infected with hepatitis C, a leading cause of chronic liver disease, treatment options are only partially effective. But new research by Rockefeller University scientists points to a potential new target for better drugs: a key protein that resides in h...
Sex hormone signaling helps burn calories
Any dieter can tell you: Body weight is a function of how much food you eat and how much energy you use. The trick to maintaining a healthy weight lies in regulating the balance. Now new research from Rockefeller University suggests that brain cell receptors linked to sex hormones may play a role...
DNA barcoding uncovers likely new species of birds and bats
In the first effort to ever “barcode” species on a continental scale, scientists have completed a pilot study of U.S. and Canadian birds that suggests that 15 new genetically distant species have been overlooked in centuries of bird studies. The research validates DNA “barcoding” as an effic...
Rockefelller, with 42 other institutions, to create regional academic job bank
A new partnership among 43 leading higher education institutions in the region, including Rockefeller University, announced its first product today: a comprehensive job bank of academic opportunities in the greater New York City and southern Connecticut region. The partnership, known as the Metro...
Single gene may defend bacteria from antibiotics and infection
Bacteria have two major enemies: antibiotic drugs and bacteriophage viruses, which infect and kill them. The two disparate threats may have something in common. New research from Rockefeller University has found that certain bacteria have gained a gene that protects them from both toxic drugs and...
An ancient retrovirus is resurrected
Retroviruses have been around longer than humanity itself. In fact, the best-known family member, HIV, is a relative youngster, with its first known human infections occurring sometime in the mid-20th century. But although many retroviruses went extinct hundreds of thousands or millions of years ...
Phospholipids in the cell membrane help regulate ion channels
Though the cell membrane is a protective barrier, it also plays a role in letting some foreign material in — via ion channels that dot the cell’s surface. Now new research from the Nobel Prize-winning laboratory that first solved the atomic structure of several such channels shows that their fun...
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