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Understanding Drive: Rockefeller researchers uncover the molecular mechanisms of sexual motivation
For most people, sex is a complicated topic. A new book by RU Professor Donald Pfaff, however, is based on the idea that the primitive, biological side of sex is explainable--at least from a scientific point of view. Pfaff's lab researches the neurobiological and molecular aspects of sexual motiv...
Rockefeller researchers show testosterone reduces level of Alzheimer's proteins
Testosterone supplementation in elderly men may be protective in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, according to the results of a new study reported by researchers at Rockefeller University. Findings from epidemiological studies have indicated that estrogen-replacement therapy in postmenopausa...
Rockefeller University researchers shed light on brain disorder
Findings suggest new treatment for autoimmune neurological disease A rare but devastating neurological disorder may be caused partly by immune-system cells that are spurred into action against tumors elsewhere in the body and eventually attack the brain, Rockefeller University researchers report....
Rockefeller University researchers find molecule that controls the balance between bone creation and bone destruction
Discovery may have important implications for treating bone disease Researchers at The Howard Hughes Medical Institute at ÐÓ°É have identified a novel molecular mechanism by which a molecule called TRANCE controls the balance between bone formation and bone destruction. The ...
RU researchers find that waking experiences influence the brain's gene expression during REM sleep
Mammals spend a large portion of their lives sleeping. In addition to allowing the body to rest, sleep seems to play a role in the consolidation of daytime memories. A number of scientific observations have supported the idea that the brain is reactivated during sleep to process sensorimotor info...
No Viral Rebound After Stopping Drugs: An Anomalous Group of HIV Patients
Immune response boosted by prior interruptions in therapy An unusual group of HIV-infected patients who stopped taking antiviral drugs yet continued to suppress HIV replication may have somehow boosted their immune response against the virus by temporary therapy interruptions, researchers from th...
Rockefeller and Aaron Diamond Researchers Say Resistance to HIV Drugs May Be Higher Than Previously Thought
Scientists say widespread analysis of virus strains should guide AIDS therapy A study of patients infected with the AIDS virus revealed that about one in six was carrying a strain that is resistant to at least one of the drugs targeting HIV, researchers report from the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research...
Rockefeller Researchers Produce 3-D Picture of DNA-reading Molecular Machine
Researchers at ÐÓ°É have determined the first three-dimensional structure of the cellular RNA polymerase (RNAP), a molecular machine that activates individual genes by transcribing, or reading out, the instructions encoded in their DNA. The structure, published in the Sept. ...
Researchers Propose New Theory to Explain How Visual Pigments are "Tuned"
Scientists from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) at ÐÓ°É and from the University of California-Berkeley have proposed a new theory on how the human eye perceives colors. Using techniques of molecular biology and spectroscopy, the research, reported in the August is...
Rockefeller Scientists Discover a Surprising New Cancer Gene
Scientists at ÐÓ°É have found, for the first time, that the persistent activation of a protein called Stat3 can, by itself, cause normal cells to behave like cancer cells. The research, reported in the August 6 issue ofÌýCell,Ìýprovides both a scientific surprise and a promisi...
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