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Resistance to Leptin Contributes to Obesity

Insensitivity to the protein leptin, which helps the body regulate its fat stores, contributes to obesity in mice according to the first formal study of leptin intolerance, report scientists in the Aug. 5 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The findings also provide clues about lepti...
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Rockefeller University Honors William O. Baker, Presents Honorary Degrees to Irene Diamond and Christian de Duve and Awards 21 Doctorates at Graduation Ceremonies

The Rockefeller University will honor William O. Baker, Ph.D., former chairman of the board of AT&T Bell Laboratories, Inc., and award honorary doctoral degrees to philanthropist Irene Diamond and Nobel Prize winner Christian de Duve, Ph.D., M.D., at the institution's 39th commencement exercises,...
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Lewis Thomas Prize Honors Max Perutz

Award from The Rockefeller University recognizes scientists as poets Nobel laureate, molecular biologist and author Max Perutz, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 1997 Lewis Thomas Prize, which honors scientists for their literary achievements and is awarded by The Rockefeller University. "The Lewis ...
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Altered Gene Increases Men's Risk for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

First Isolation of a susceptibility gene for the psychiatric illness Possessing an altered form of a gene involved in the communication between the brain's nerve cells may put certain men at greater risk of developing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), report scientists from The Rockefeller Uni...
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Scientists Determine 3-D Crystal Structure of Cancer-causing Protein

Work Links to Discovery Made at Rockefeller 86 Years Ago The three-dimensional picture of a cancer-causing protein illuminates how a mutated gene transforms cells into cancer, report scientists from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at The Rockefeller University in the Feb. 13 Nature. The dete...
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Marker Helps Identify Children at Risk for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Following Streptococcal Infections

A biological marker may identify children at risk for developing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) after having an untreated streptococcal bacteria infection, according to scientists from The Rockefeller University and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The discovery will help impr...
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Behavior and the Brain: A New View of the Nature-Nurture Debate

Rockefeller University hosts series of three public lectures in 1996 Nature and nurture affect behavior by influencing the structure and function of the nervous system. How genes, environment and experiences interact to tailor a person's behavior is the focus of many exciting investigations, whic...
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Behavior and the Brain: A New View of the Nature-Nurture Debate

Rockefeller University hosts series of three public lectures in 1996 Nature and nurture affect behavior by influencing the structure and function of the nervous system. How genes, environment and experiences interact to tailor a person's behavior is the focus of many exciting investigations, whic...
Campus News

Neuroscientist Peter Mombaerts Joins Rockefeller Faculty

An expert in the biology of detecting smell, Peter Mombaerts, M.D., Ph.D., joins the faculty at The Rockefeller University to direct the Laboratory of Vertebrate Developmental Neurogenetics. He will be an assistant professor. In his research, Mombaerts explores how the nose detects thousands of o...

$2.5 Million Grant Supports Training at Biology's Interface with Chemistry and Physics

The Rockefeller University has received a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) to establish a program designed to draw gifted young chemists, physicists and mathematicians to the frontiers of biomedical research. The BWF award will help provide interdisciplinary tr...
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