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Rockefeller University hosts two-day evolution symposium

Beginning with the molecular origins of life and culminating with the latest findings on human evolution, 18 of the world’s leading experts will report on research spanning three billion years of evolution at a two-day symposium at Rockefeller University. The symposium takes place on Thursday, Ma...
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New molecule could be key to new anti-heart-attack drug

When too many blood platelets stick together in the bloodstream, they form dangerous clots that can clog blood vessels and cause a heart attack. If a clot doesn’t get dissolved or rapidly removed, it can cause permanent damage or even death. But new research by Rockefeller University scientists s...
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Miles O’Brien, Susan Wood, Paul Nurse to be panelists at public ‘Science and Politics’ event

A public event on science and politics, to take place at Rockefeller University on April 29, will feature panelists from science, journalism and government discussing obstacles to reasoned debate and sound policies in science. The discussion, called “Conversations on Science and Politics,” will ...
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Insects evolved a radically different strategy to smell

Darwin’s tree of life represents the path and estimates the time evolution took to get to the current diversity of life. Now, new findings suggest that this tree, an icon of evolution, may need to be redrawn. In research published in the April 13 advance online issue of Nature, researchers at Roc...
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Slightly abnormal blood test may point to a 'silent' form of hepatitis B

Silence isn’t always golden. In the case of hepatitis B, people with a past — and seemingly resolved — infection often don’t know that they still have a silent form of the disorder. Now, new research suggests that slightly abnormal results from a blood test, once thought to be a fleeting cur...
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Final episode of 'Charlie Rose Science Series' airs April 7

The final episode of the “Charlie Rose Science Series,” which over the past 18 months has featured shows focused on the brain, longevity, stem cells, pandemics and other science topics, will air Monday, April 7. Rockefeller University President Paul Nurse has served as cohost, with Charlie Rose...
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Newly identified gene may prompt pancreas cells to form

Before a pancreas is a pancreas, it’s part of the endoderm, one of three layers of cells in a developing embryo that eventually form its organs. Researchers at Rockefeller University have now uncovered key genetic signals involved in how the pancreas begins forming, a finding they say might lead ...
Awards and Honors

First Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prizes awarded to infectious disease experts

The inaugural Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prizes, named after Rockefeller University’s prominent early-20th-century bacteriologist, were awarded to Brian Greenwood and Miriam K. Were, the government of Japan announced yesterday. Greenwood, Manson Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine at the London Sc...
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New drug may help rescue the aging brain

As people age, their brains pay the price — inflammation goes up, levels of certain neurotransmitters go down, and the result is a plethora of ailments ranging from memory impairment and depression to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. But in a long-term study with implications to treat these and ot...
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Three geneticists win 2007 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize

The fourth annual Pearl Meister Greengard Prize has been awarded to Gail Martin of the University of California, San Francisco, Beatrice Mintz of the Fox Chase Cancer Center and Elizabeth Robertson of the University of Oxford. The award, created to recognize the accomplishments of outstanding fem...
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