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Insulin Plays Role in Controlling Fat Craving

Insulin, the hormone needed by the body to process sugar, appears to influence a brain chemical that mediates cravings for fatty foods, according to ongoing studies by Sarah F. Leibowitz, Ph. D., a neurobiologist at The Rockefeller University. Leibowitz plans to present her recent investigations ...
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David Rockefeller Honored, 20 Doctorates Awarded at Rockefeller University Graduation

The Rockefeller University will dedicate its 37th commencement exercises, Thursday, June 15, 1995, to David Rockefeller for his extraordinary 55 years of service on the institution's board of trustees, from which he is retiring. At graduation 20 students from eight countries will receive doctoral...
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Rockefeller Researchers Find Evidence That Weight Change in Humans Affects Metabolism

Results Hold Implications for Clinical Management of Obesity A team of researchers at The Rockefeller University, led by Dr. Rudolph Leibel, has shown that the human body maintains a stable weight by increasing the number of calories burned when weight is gained, and slowing the rate when weight ...
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Rockefeller Researchers Clone Gene for Obesity

Fifty years after the discovery at Rockefeller University that genes are made of DNA, Dr. Jeffrey M. Friedman of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Rockefeller University and a team of Rockefeller researchers has cloned the first recessive obesity gene in mice and its human homologue, opening...
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French Nobelist, Author, to Receive 1994 Lewis Thomas Prize from Rockefeller University

François Jacob will speak on "Biology and Culture" Seeking to honor that rare individual in whom the two cultures of science and art are combined, The Rockefeller University will present François Jacob, the Nobel Prize-winning molecular geneticist and highly acclaimed author of three books on sci...
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Rockefeller University Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Discovery That Genes Are Made of DNA

Week-long series of events commemorates "single most important finding in biology of the 20th century" Fifty years to the day of the publication of the historic paper that showed that genes are made of DNA--considered by many to be the single most important scientific finding in biology of the 20...
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Team Led by Rockefeller University Researcher Develops New Drug to Control Infant Jaundice

New Therapy Could Have Worldwide Impact A team of researchers led by Dr. A. Kappas of The Rockefeller University has developed a new drug that effectively controls the development of jaundice in preterm newborns. The drug, called SnMP, blocks the production of bilirubin, the yellow pigment that l...
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