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Researchers Find Key to Tuberculosis Persistence in the Body
Discovery provides hints for foiling world's No. 1 infectious killer The tuberculosis bacterium requires a specific enzyme to cause persistent infection, a consortium of researchers at Rockefeller University and three other institutions have found. The discovery suggests that targeting the enzyme...
Rockefeller Researchers Show Brain Wiring For Detecting Odors May Depend On Experience
Findings show for the first time that development of smell is similar to other senses Scientists have known for 30 years that proper development of the area of the brain responsible for processing visual signals depends on stimulation from the environment. In other words, the brain must "use it o...
First Hepatitis-C Center in Northeast Region Established By Rockefeller University, New York-Presbyterian, and Weill Cornell
Renowned Virologist Charles Rice to Direct Combined Basic Science and Clinical Research Center New York, NY–Three neighboring New York City medical institutions–ÐÓ°É, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, and Weill Medical College of Cornell University–have jointly established ...
Rockefeller Researchers Identify Novel Penicillin-resistance Gene in Pneumonia Bacteria
Findings offer new target for development of drugs to combat antibiotic resistance Penicillin resistance of the bacterium that causes pneumonia, the pneumococcus, is a growing global health problem. AlthoughÌýS. pneumoniaeÌýwas once considered to be routinely susceptible to penicillin, since the ...
Chipping Away at Leptin's Effects
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NIH And Rockefeller Researchers Find That Gene Acts As "Caretaker" To Genome
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and Rockefeller University have found that a gene known for repairing breaks in the double strands of DNA also acts as a "caretaker" that prevents chromosome segments from rearranging. Recognizing this additional role for the gene, called Ku80, cou...
Rockefeller researchers characterize yeast nuclear pore complex
Researchers from ÐÓ°É and the University of Alberta in Canada have obtained the first comprehensive inventory of the protein components of the nuclear pore complex (NPC), an essential cellular structure that regulates transport between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Along wi...
NYC pilot study pushes Human Genome Project toward cures for disease
With the completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP) in sight, a group of New York City scientists are undertaking a strategic pilot study to turn that knowledge into promising drug targets as quickly as possible. Dubbed the "structural genomics initiative," the study focuses on proteins that ca...
Rockefeller University researchers identify protein that regulates RNA in nerve tissue
Protein may play a key role in nervous system function Rockefeller University researchers have identified a protein that is responsible for regulating RNA splicing in nerve cells, a process essential for the development and operation of complex nervous systems, such as those found in mammals, inc...
Sexual behavior pathways in the brain identified
Valentine's Day cards usually depict Cupid's dart as the messenger of love. New scientific research, however, shows that a key messenger molecule, rather than Cupid's dart, is responsible for female sexual receptivity--at least in rats and mice. Scientists at New York's Rockefeller University and...
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