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Novel Method To Fight Drug-resistant Infections Emerges from Lab - and Nature
Bacteria's natural foe may prove valuable human friend Scientists have turned to nature once again for help in fighting deadly infections. Reporting in theÌýDec. 7 issueÌýofÌýScience, Rockefeller University researchers show that a natural enzyme derived from tiny viruses that live inside bacteria...
Researchers Uncover Molecular Basis of Second Leading Cause of Mental Retardation
Protein implicated in fragile X syndrome in charge of crucial brain cell events Scientists at last may have determined how mental retardation develops in people with fragile X syndrome, a condition caused by the inherited loss of an essential protein, termed the fragile X mental retardation prote...
Rockefeller Researchers Discover Possible Trigger for "Killer T Cells" To Attack
New study indicates how the body may come to turn against itself How do "killer T cells" know when to attack virus-infected and cancerous cells, and when to retreat? The answer possibly has been provided by Rockefeller University research to be published in the Nov. issue ofNature Immunology, and...
Researchers Propose New Model of Drug Resistance in Staph Bacteria
Findings may lead to the development of drugs that overcome resistance Researchers at ÐÓ°É have established a new model to explain how the infectious "staph" bacterium evades several widely used antibiotics. They show that a protein previously thought to play no role in drug...
Researchers Trace the Origin of a Widespread Antibiotic-Resistant "Superbug"
The findings may lead to new strategies for combating the infectious microbe One of the most widely disseminated strains of an antibiotic-resistant bacterium responsible for hundreds of infections in European hospitals can be traced back to the 1950s, according to researchers at The Rockefeller U...
Researchers' Mathematical Model Provides Chagas Disease Insight
Removing domestic animals from the bedroom may significantly reduce transmission By characterizing the discrete population dynamics of an individual household, and by collecting data for many individual households to serve as an empirical base, a Rockefeller University researcher and his Argentin...
Leptin "Replacement Therapy" Study in Obese Women Begins
The weight-regulating hormone leptin will be given to obese women in a new study at ÐÓ°É Hospital in New York City to test the effects of the treatment on weight loss. Leptin is a hormone that plays an important role in regulating food intake and body weight. In a new study,...
Researchers Use Cloning Technology to Produce Embryonic Stem Cell Lines from Adult Mice
Study shows that these cells can be coaxed into becoming neurons Embryonic stem cells can be derived from benign biopsies of adult mice and can become neurons and germ cells, report researchers from ÐÓ°É and Sloan-Kettering Institute in the April 27 issue ofÌýScience. The fin...
Diabetes Researchers Find that a Regulator of Insulin Also Regulates Cholesterol Levels
Researchers in Markus Stoffel's laboratory of Metabolic Diseases have found that that a transcription factor called TCF1 not only regulates insulin production in the pancreas but also controls the regulation of cholesterol. In a paper published in the April issue ofÌýNature Genetics, Stoffel's tea...
Rockefeller Researchers Identify Defense System in Plants
Protein found to confer resistance to drought Researchers at ÐÓ°É have discovered that an experimental plant may harbor an additional line of defense against drought, once it has left the safety of its seed. The work suggests that a well-known plant hormone delays the growth...
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