Rockefeller University
Rockefeller University traces its roots to 1901 with the establishment of The Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research funded by John D. Rockefeller. The main focus of the Institute and the subsequent hospital teaching and education component is the advancement of biomedical research. The Rockefeller scientists are credited with discovering the Rh factor in blood, genes are made of DNA, demonstrated the connection between cholesterol and heart disease, developed vaccines against meningitis among other discoveries. To date 23 Nobel Laureates have been associated with the Rockefeller University, 20 Albert Lasker Award recipients, 13 Medical of Science recipients, and 35 Rockefeller scientists have been invited into the National Academy of Sciences, Currently, Rockefeller University has approximately 172 PhD students, 35 MD, PhD students, 200 research and clinical scientists, 69 heads of labs and 350 post-doctoral investigators. Rockefeller University publishes peer-reviewed studies and posts its findings on their Web site with access to the public.
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Scientists identify DNA that regulates antibody production
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When foreign invaders trip the immune system’s alarm, antibodies need to be specially sculpted to attack them head on. New research now shows that gene segments called enhancers control the reshuffling of ...
Imaging study shows HIV particles assembling around its genome
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The genesis of one the planet's most lethal viruses, HIV, has been caught on tape. New imaging experiments show individual HIV genomes -- strands of RNA — docking on the inner membrane of an infected cell ...
Two proteins act as molecular tailors in DNA repair
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On average, our cells encounter a very lethal form of DNA damage 10 times a day. Lucky for us, we have the capacity to repair each and every one of them. New research now reveals exactly how two well-known ...
High fat diet increases inflammation in the mouse colon
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In mice fed a diet high in fat and low in fiber, vitamin D and calcium -- the so-called Western diet -- expression of a series of genes collectively associated with immune and inflammatory responses was altered. ...
Scientists reveal a new mechanism that increases atherosclerosis in mice
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For all the good it does, a liver protein that senses and gets rid of drugs and pollutants from our body has a downside. For the first time, it has been shown that when it is chronically activated, ...
HIV tamed by designer 'leash'
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Researchers have shown how an antiviral protein produced by the immune system, dubbed tetherin, tames HIV and other viruses by literally putting them on a leash, to prevent their escape from infected cells. The insights reported ...
Chemosensitivity of cancer cells depends on their protein dependency
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Two different anti-apoptotic proteins support cancer cell survival via an identical mechanism, yet differ in their sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs, report Brunelle et al. The study will be published ...
Novel findings shed light on how N-type channel function is modified by lipids
Oct 26, 2009 |
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The November 2009 issue of the Journal of General Physiology (JGP) contains two papers by the Rittenhouse laboratory that describe novel findings on how N-type voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC) function is modified by lip ...
Sperm may play leading role in spreading HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Sperm, and not just the fluid it bathes in, can transmit HIV to macrophages, T cells, and dendritic cells (DCs), report a team led by Ana Ceballos at the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina. By infecting ...
Checkered history of mother and daughter cells explains cell cycle differences (w/ Video)
Oct 19, 2009 |
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When mother and daughter cells are created each time a cell divides, they are not exactly alike. They have the same set of genes, but differ in the way they regulate them. New research now reveals that these regulatory differences ...
Researchers reveal mechanism for neuron self-preservation
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Tsuruta et al. find that a lipid kinase directs a voltage-gated calcium channel's degradation to save neurons from a lethal dose of overexcitement. The study appears in the October 19, 2009 issue of the Journal of ...
Transgenic songbirds provide new tool to understand the brain
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the decades, scientists have learned a lot about the basic life processes shared by many animals — including people — by manipulating the DNA of the "lower" species, such as mice and worms. But to date, ...
Clinical study to probe genetic link to Salmonella diseases
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Depending on your genes, Salmonella can mean a lot more than food poisoning. In a new clinical study, researchers at The Rockefeller University Hospital are narrowing in on the genetic link that predisposes ...
Transgenic songbirds provide new tool to understand the brain
Sep 29, 2009 |
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A new genetic tool will enable scientists to study vocal learning and neurogenesis at the molecular level in songbirds.
'Promiscuous' protein interactions found in the nuclear pore complex
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The NPC is the only way in or out of a cell's nucleus. It plays a key role in cellular metabolism and signaling, and any malfunction in these pores can have lethal consequences. Now new research reveals further ...
