MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'The Rockefeller University Newswire' source. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:07:58 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5673762&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2012%2F02%2F06%2Fnorton-zinder-pioneering-molecular-geneticist-dies-at-83%2F Zinder was a geneticist and microbiologist whose research on the genetics of bacteria and on the properties of bacteriophages provided important information on the mechanisms of heredity. He died February 3 after a long illness. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5673762 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:03:03 +0100 5673762 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5643687&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2012%2F01%2F27%2F3849%2F We present the crystal structure of human TRAAK at a resolution of 3.8 angstroms. The channel comprises two … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5643687 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:28:13 +0100 5643687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5643688&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2012%2F01%2F27%2Fstudy-of-fruit-fly-sleep-reveals-a-genetic-basis-of-insomnia%2F Research suggests that a newly identified gene known as insomniac is an important reason why we get drowsy and fall asleep. By cloning and testing this gene in fruit flies, Rockefeller University researchers say they have discovered an entirely new mechanism by which sleep is regulated. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5643688 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:40:45 +0100 5643688 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5643689&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2012%2F01%2F22%2Fnature-genetics-january-22-2012%2F Nature Genetics online: January 22, 2012 Epigenetic repression of cardiac progenitor gene expression by Ezh2 is required for postnatal cardiac homeostasis Paul Delgado-Olguín, Yu Huang, Xue Li, Danos Christodoulou, Christine E. Seidman, J.G. Seidman, Alexander Tarakhovsky and Benoit G. Bruneau We show that Ezh2 stabilizes cardiac gene expression … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5643689 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:16:05 +0100 5643689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5643690&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2012%2F01%2F06%2Fcell-stem-cell-january-6-2012%2F Cell Stem Cell 10: 63–75 Paracrine TGF-β Signaling Counterbalances BMP-Mediated Repression in Hair Follicle Stem Cell Activation Naoki Oshimori and Elaine Fuchs Hair follicle (HF) regeneration begins when communication between quiescent epithelial stem cells (SCs) and underlying mesenchymal dermal papillae … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5643690 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:36:57 +0100 5643690 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5568605&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F12%2F25%2Fnature-immunology-december-25-2011%2F Nature Immunology online: December 25, 2011 B cell–helper neutrophils stimulate the diversification and production of immunoglobulin in the marginal zone of the spleen Irene Puga, Montserrat Cols, Carolina M. Barra, Bing He, Linda Cassis, Maurizio Gentile, Laura Comerma, Alejo Chorny, … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5568605 Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:55:52 +0100 5568605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5568606&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F12%2F23%2Fcell-147-1615%25e2%2580%25931627-december-23-2011%2F Cell 147: 1615–1627 The functional organization of cutaneous low-threshold mechanosensory neurons Lishi Li, Michael Rutlin, Victoria E. Abraira, Colleen Cassidy, Laura Kus, Shiaoching Gong, Michael P. Jankowski, Wenqin Luo, Nathaniel Heintz, H. Richard Koerber, C. Jeffery Woodbury and  David D. Ginty Here, we report genetic labeling … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5568606 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 22:00:11 +0100 5568606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5568607&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F12%2F23%2Fscience-344-1675-1680-december-23-2011%2F We present structures for the ATP-bound state of the clamp loader complex from bacteriophage T4, bound … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5568607 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:40:37 +0100 5568607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5576547&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F12%2F19%2Fin-the-news-nyt%2F “But the rule against posthumous awards has now been violated several times — most recently this month, when the prize in medicine was given to the widow of Dr. Ralph M. Steinman, a scientist at Rockefeller University in Manhattan who died … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5576547 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:47:54 +0100 5576547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5512154&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F12%2F16%2Fin-cancer-molecular-signals-that-recruit-blood-vessels-may-also-trigger-metastasis%2F Cancer cells are most deadly when they’re on the move – able not only to destroy whatever organ they are first formed in, but also to create colonies elsewhere in the body. New research has now shown how a small RNA prevents the recruitment and formation of blood vessels near cancer cell destined to become metastases, a process that must occur in order for them to grow. The scientists say that if drugs could be developed that act on the pathways regulated by this microRNA, they might be able to block the metastatic process and prevent some breast cancers from becoming deadly. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5512154 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:10:14 +0100 5512154 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5568608&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F12%2F14%2Fnature-online-december-14-2011%2F A microRNA regulon that mediates endothelial recruitment and metastasis by cancer cells Kim J. Png, Nils Halberg, Mitsukuni Yoshida and Sohail F. Tavazoie Here we reveal that endogenous miR-126, an miRNA silenced in a variety … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5568608 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:14:14 +0100 5568608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5568609&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F12%2F11%2Fnature-genetics-december-11-2011%2F Nature Genetics online: December 11, 2011 Mutations at a single codon in Mad homology 2 domain of SMAD4 cause Myhre syndrome Carine Le Goff, Clémentine Mahaut, Avinash Abhyankar, Wilfried Le Goff, Valérie Serre, Alexandra Afenjar, Anne Destrée, Maja di Rocco, … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5568609 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:17:04 +0100 5568609 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5492398&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F12%2F09%2F2011-nobel-prize-ceremony-to-be-webcast-live%2F Tomorrow, the family of Nobel Prize winner Ralph M. Steinman, who died September 30, will accept the Nobel medal and diploma on his behalf from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. The ceremony will be Webcast live beginning at 10:20 a.m. Eastern Time. A video of the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony will also be available a few days later. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5492398 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:53:01 +0100 5492398 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5482832&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F12%2F04%2Fnature-online-december-4-2011%2F Open Structure of the Ca(2+) Gating Ring in the High-conductance Ca(2+)-activated K(+) Channel Peng Yuan, Manuel D. Leonetti, Yichun Hsiung and Roderick MacKinnon Here we present the Ca(2+)-bound conformation of the gating ring. This structure … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5482832 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:30:52 +0100 5482832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5533001&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F12%2F01%2Fresident-protection%2F To keep the body safe, the immune system enlists more than one form of protection. Rockefeller University scientists, working in collaboration with researchers at New York University, are learning about an important, but little-known, network of dendritic cells in lymph nodes through innovative, live-action imaging. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5533001 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:13:03 +0100 5533001 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5482833&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F11%2F30%2Fcell-online-november-30-2011%2F Structural Basis for Promoter −10 Element Recognition by the Bacterial RNA Polymerase σ Subunit Andrey Feklistov and Seth A. Darst We determined crystal structures of σ domain 2 bound to single-stranded DNA bearing -10 element sequences. The … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5482833 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:33:33 +0100 5482833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5482834&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F11%2F27%2Fnature-online-november-27-2011%2F GlcNAcylation of Histone H2B Facilitates its Monoubiquitination Ryoji Fujiki, Waka Hashiba, Hiroki Sekine, Atsushi Yokoyama, Toshihiro Chikanishi, Saya Ito, Yuuki Imai, Jaehoon Kim, Housheng Hansen He, Katsuhide Igarashi, Jun Kanno, Fumiaki Ohtake, Hirochika Kitagawa, Robert … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5482834 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:25:26 +0100 5482834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5465028&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F11%2F23%2Fimmunity-35-819%25e2%2580%2593831-november-23-2011%2F Immunity 35: 819–831 Flt3 Signaling-Dependent Dendritic Cells Protect against Atherosclerosis Jae-Hoon Choi, Cheolho Cheong, Durga B. Dandamudi, Chae Gyu Park, Anthony Rodriguez, Saurabh Mehandru, Klara Velinzon, In-Hyuk Jung, Ji-Young Yoo, Goo Taeg Oh and Ralph M. Steinman Early events in … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5465028 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:49:13 +0100 5465028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5417245&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F11%2F17%2Fstatin-intolerant-patients-need-a-different-type-of-clinical-trial-rockefeller-researchers-say%2F Although only five percent of people in clinical trials report side effects from statin drugs, in practice the problem is far greater. Clinical trials need to better address the needs of statin-intolerant patients, Rockefeller researchers say. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5417245 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:13:06 +0100 5417245 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5482835&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F11%2F14%2Fin-the-news-16%2F “Sir Paul Nurse, 62, has the effusive and infectious enthusiasm of a natural leader who, it is obvious, leads by example rather than threat. By his own admission, he has an idealistic view of science ‘as a liberalising and progressive … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5482835 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:36:05 +0100 5482835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5465029&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F11%2F13%2Fnature-online-november-13-2011%2F Structure of full-length Drosophila cryptochrom Brian D. Zoltowski, Anand T. Vaidya, Deniz Top, Joanne Widom, Michael W. Young and Brian R. Crane Here, we report a 2.3-Å resolution crystal structure of Drosophila CRY with an intact C terminus. The … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5465029 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:52:45 +0100 5465029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5417246&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F11%2F03%2Funiversity-joins-10-leading-medical-and-research-institutions-to-form-new-york-genome-center%2F The New York Genome Center, which will become one of the largest genomic facilities in North America, will begin operations as early as spring 2012 in its 120,000 square foot Manhattan facility. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5417246 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:11:20 +0100 5417246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5482836&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F10%2F31%2F2960%2F Among large economies, the United States is second only to Australia in the amount of carbon dioxide it emits per capita, according to the latest figures from the federal Energy Information Administration. “Every person you add to the country makes all … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5482836 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:07:04 +0100 5482836 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5465030&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F10%2F28%2Fcell-147-590%25e2%2580%2593602-october-28-2011%2F Cell 147: 590–602 Molecular Architecture of the Transport Channel of the Nuclear Pore Complex Sozanne R. Solmaz, Radha Chauhan, Günter Blobel and Ivo Melčák The nuclear pore complex encloses a central channel for nucleocytoplasmic transport, which is thought to consist of three … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5465030 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:18:28 +0100 5465030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5576548&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F10%2F26%2F2965%2F “But it is also possible, said Dr. Jules Hirsch of Rockefeller University, that researchers just do not know enough about obesity to prescribe solutions. One thing is clear, he said: ‘A vast effort to persuade the public to change its habits … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5576548 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:13:00 +0100 5576548 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5482837&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F10%2F26%2F2965%2F “But it is also possible, said Dr. Jules Hirsch of Rockefeller University, that researchers just do not know enough about obesity to prescribe solutions. One thing is clear, he said: ‘A vast effort to persuade the public to change its habits … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5482837 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:13:00 +0100 5482837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5417247&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F10%2F17%2Fmarc-tessier-lavigne-elected-to-institute-of-medicine%2F A world leader in the study of brain development, Tessier-Lavigne has pioneered the identification of the molecules that direct the formation of connections among nerve cells to establish neuronal circuits in the mammalian brain and spinal cord. Tessier-Lavigne is among 65 new members and five foreign associates elected to the Institute this year. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5417247 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:07:45 +0100 5417247 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5417248&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F10%2F13%2Fneurobiologist-visits-rockefeller-as-part-of-renewed-scientific-exchange-program-with-karolinska-institute%2F Thomas Perlmann, a neurobiologist at the Karolinska Institute who studies the dopamine-producing cells that die during the development of Parkinson's disease, will visit the Rockefeller University campus this week and give the Nicholson Lecture on Friday. The lecture is part of a recently renewed program that supports research exchanges between the university and the Karolinska Institute. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5417248 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:03:45 +0100 5417248 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5417249&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F10%2F07%2Fmichael-w-young-to-receive-2011-horwitz-prize-for-studies-on-molecular-basis-of-circadian-rhythms%2F Michael W. Young will share Columbia University's Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize with with Jeffrey C. Hall and Michael Rosbash for their work on the molecular basis of circadian rhythms. His research provides a basis for the development of possible treatments for hereditary sleep disorders in humans. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5417249 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:58:31 +0100 5417249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5417250&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F10%2F03%2Frockefeller-university-scientist-ralph-steinman-honored-today-with-nobel-prize-for-discovery-of-dendritic-cells-dies-at-68%2F Rockefeller University cell biologist Ralph M. Steinman, who discovered the immune system's sentinel dendritic cells and demonstrated that science can fruitfully harness the power of these cells and other components of the immune system to curb infections and other communicable diseases, is this year’s recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden, announced today. He shares half the prize with Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5417250 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 21:54:57 +0100 5417250 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5417251&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F09%2F30%2F1462%2F Cell 147: 199–208 Crystal Structure of the Mammalian GIRK2 K+ Channel and Gating Regulation by G Proteins, PIP2, and Sodium Matthew R. Whorton and Roderick MacKinnon G protein-gated K+ channels (Kir3.1–Kir3.4) control electrical excitability in many different cells. Among their functions relevant to … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5417251 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:13:31 +0100 5417251 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5417252&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F09%2F20%2Fpapavasiliou-and-stavropoulos-receive-%25e2%2580%259ctransformative%25e2%2580%259d-nih-grant%2F Rockefeller University's Nina Papavasiliou will receive a grant from the National Institutes of Health under a program designed to encourage high-risk, high impact research. The grant will fund efforts to develop new ways of engineering therapeutic antibodies that could lead to novel vaccines for a number of communicable diseases ranging from HIV to flu as well as non-communicable diseases, such as various cancers, neurodegenerative diseases and drug addiction. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5417252 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:48:12 +0100 5417252 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5417253&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F09%2F19%2Fgaby-maimon-named-one-of-popular-science%25e2%2580%2599s-%25e2%2580%259cbrilliant-ten%25e2%2580%259d%2F The honor recognizes Maimon’s development of a technique to monitor electrical activity in individual neurons as fruit flies navigate a virtual world in “tethered flight.” Maimon’s platform provides a bridge to link genes, through the electrical activity of neurons, to fly behavior. In his system, flies are attached to a small plate where they can flap their wings in “tethered flight.” More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5417253 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:28:01 +0100 5417253 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5417254&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F09%2F19%2Fin-the-news-14%2F “Across town at the Rockefeller University, the new science facility, by Mitchell/Giurgola Architects, exists for no other purpose than to bring people out of isolation. It’s an addendum, a voluptuous glass link, seven stories high, interposed between two preexisting laboratory … More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5417254 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:27:11 +0100 5417254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5417261&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F2011%2F07%2F22%2Frockefeller-university-receives-36-1-million-to-help-translate-science-into-cures%2F Rockefeller University’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), a center aimed at accelerating the pace of translating science into real-life solutions for patients, has received $36.1 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand its work over the next five years. The CCTS is among 10 institutes nationwide to receive the renewed funding, in recognition of their successes during the first five years of the NIH’s Clinical and Translational Science Awards program. More » (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5417261 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:12:13 +0100 5417261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5048109&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1181 Unlisted ingredients identified by DNA barcoding technology include weeds such as annual bluegrass and herbal plants such as chamomile. Though mostly harmless, the surprise ingredients could affect a tiny minority of consumers with acute allergies. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5048109 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:30:00 +0100 5048109 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5048110&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1179 A new approach gives researchers the ability to isolate single antibodies as well as investigate entire families of highly active antibodies against HIV. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5048110 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:45:00 +0100 5048110 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5017652&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1177 Stem cell researchers at Rockefeller University have identified stem cells of squamous cell skin carcinoma, the second most common cancer in the world, and their molecular signature. The researchers find differences between cancer stem cells and healthy skin stem cells, which provide invaluable diagnostic marker and suggests the possibility to specifically target the root of cancer while leaving normal cells unaffected. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5017652 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 19:15:00 +0100 5017652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4983149&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1176 Ruta, a neuroscientist interested in understanding how circuits in the brain can be modified by experience, will establish the Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior this fall. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4983149 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:00:00 +0100 4983149 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4931971&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1175 The Rockefeller University will award doctoral degrees to 23 students at its commencement ceremony today, and in addition, will award honorary doctor of science degrees to two respected scholars: Richard Axel of Columbia University and Linda B. Buck of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4931971 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:45:00 +0100 4931971 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4901051&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1172 A new study by scientists at Rockefeller University and colleagues in the United States and Finland challenges measurements of carbon storage based on forest area alone. Several national increases of density and/or area signal the Great Reversal is under way in forests globally after centuries of loss and decline. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4901051 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:45:00 +0100 4901051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4861045&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1169 Brenda Milner, a pioneer in the field of cognitive neuroscience whose discoveries revolutionized the understanding of memory, will be awarded the 2011 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize from The Rockefeller University. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4861045 Wed, 25 May 2011 20:30:00 +0100 4861045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4839485&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1168 A recent study by Rockefeller University researchers identifies natural variations in several genes that help determine when and where microscopic C. Elegans worms feast. The impact of the gene variants on the worms’ foraging behavior was the most significant in borderline decisions, the researchers says, when the bacteria available to eat were neither scarce nor plentiful. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4839485 Wed, 18 May 2011 09:45:00 +0100 4839485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4819487&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1167 Rockefeller University’s President will receive the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Biomedical Research at MSKCC’s 2011 Academic Convocation. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4819487 Thu, 12 May 2011 14:00:00 +0100 4819487 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4788024&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1164 Jean-Laurent Casanova has received the 2011 InBev-Baillet Latour Health Prize, Belgium's most important scientific prize, for his pioneering work on the identification of genes that predispose for human infectious disease. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4788024 Thu, 05 May 2011 21:15:00 +0100 4788024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4767422&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1162 The proteasome plays a key role in the differentiation of specialized cells and in maintaining them as they age. The ability to manipulate the proteasome has already been useful in the treatment of multiple myeloma; it could help treat other cancers and degenerative disorders including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s as well. New research identifies a key protein, called DmPI31, that regulates the proteasome, which could provide researchers a handle for using it to good medical effect. “Controlled proteolysis is essential for many cell biological functions,” says Hermann Steller, head of the Strang Laboratory of Apoptosis and Cancer Biology. “There had been the impression that the proteasome is just a brute ‘shredder,’ but it doesn’t run at full steam all the time. It’s modulated, and... The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4767422 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:00:00 +0100 4767422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4752806&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1159 Scientists have shown that anti-inflammatory drugs, which include ibuprofen, aspirin and naproxen, reduce the effectiveness of the most widely used class of antidepressant medications, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, often prescribed for depression and obsessive-compulsive and anxiety disorders. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4752806 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:45:00 +0100 4752806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4741665&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1158 Ausubel, a researcher who studies environmental science and technology and industrial evolution, is honored with election to the prestigious independent policy research academy. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4741665 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:00:00 +0100 4741665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4731884&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1157 A key component of the nuclear pore complex — a Y-shaped cluster of proteins that helps determine what gets in and what stays out of a cell’s nucleus — was first photographed and modeled at Rockefeller in 2009. But fundamental questions about how the structures were aligned in relation to the rest of the 30-protein complex remained. Researchers at Rockefeller University have now developed a new technique that uses polarized light microscopy to help answer questions about the proteins’ orientation. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4731884 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:15:00 +0100 4731884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4703391&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1156 Rockefeller University’s Fernando Nottebohm will receive The Mortimer D. Sackler Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Developmental Psychobiology in recognition of his seminal work in songbirds that has led to the discovery of neuronal replacement. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4703391 Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:00:00 +0100 4703391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4703392&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1155 A team of researchers, led by scientists from Rockefeller University, for the first time has carried out a comprehensive, systematic evaluation of the antiviral activity of factors induced by interferon. The findings, published online today in the journal Nature, are a first step toward unraveling how these naturally occurring molecules work to inhibit viruses. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4703392 Sun, 10 Apr 2011 18:15:00 +0100 4703392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4675828&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1154 The ever escalating war between evolving bacteria and antibiotics could be taking a promising turn in favor of the humans. Scientists have genetically engineered a powerful killer of one of the most dangerous bacteria, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). It’s been tested on MRSA in the test tube, on infections in mice and a clinically trial has begun to probe its ability to kill MRSA infected cells from psoriasis lesions in people. Next up, per the recommendation of the FDA, is a test in minipigs. “It’s the start of a new class of drugs,” says the lead researcher, and early signs suggest it’s stronger than anything of its kind currently on the market. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4675828 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:45:00 +0100 4675828 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4657800&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1153 Bruce S. McEwen, a pioneer in understanding how hormones affect the brain, will receive the 2011 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience from the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. McEwen is being honored for research on how hormones affect the brain’s structure, how they shape responses to stress, how they contribute to sexual differences and how they affect our health and well-being. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4657800 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 22:00:00 +0100 4657800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4635821&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1152 Getting kicked around is no fun for anyone, but researchers are finding that it's not just the body that's bruised, but the brain, too. New experiments from Rockefeller show that mice that are repeatedly bullied by by dominant males grow unusually anxious around new company, threatening or not. The behavioral change seems to be in part due to a change in gene expression that increases sensitivity to vasopressin, a hormone involved in a variety of social behaviors. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4635821 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:15:00 +0100 4635821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4610143&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1151 Rockefeller University receives the “gold seal” for human subject protection programs, which recognizes the institution's commitment to providing strong safeguards on behalf of human research participants. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4610143 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:45:00 +0100 4610143 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4599825&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1150 Rockefeller scientist is recognized for her contributions toward realizing the vast potential of stem cells to treat and reverse disease. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4599825 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:30:00 +0100 4599825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4599826&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1149 Marc Tessier-Lavigne, a leading neuroscientist and the former chief scientific officer of Genentech, takes over as president of The Rockefeller University today, replacing Paul Nurse, who has left to become president of the Royal Society in London. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4599826 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:30:00 +0100 4599826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4574547&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1148 World leader in skin biology and its human genetic disorders is honored for landmark contributions to skin biology and its disorders, including genetic syndromes, stem cells and cancers. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4574547 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:30:00 +0100 4574547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4565150&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1143 A molecule that activates the cell’s natural recycling program may flush away the protein fragments that accumulate and form senile plaques in Alzheimer’s disease. New research suggests that stimulating this activity, either through drugs or natural processes, may improve the quality of life for people with diseases caused by built-up proteins in the brain. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4565150 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:00:00 +0100 4565150 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4539974&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1142 Most complex genetic experiments have been done in simple model organisms like flies and worms, because they're easier to work with. But new research at Rockefeller University has applied the technique of RNA interference to probe the DNA of our fellow mammal, the mouse. In the process, the researchers are uncovering a deeper understanding of cell differentiation in early development, and hope to apply the results to cancer research. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4539974 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:00:00 +0100 4539974 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4506598&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1141 Rockefeller researcher is honored for her research on mechanisms that help maintain genome stability. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4506598 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:00:00 +0100 4506598 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4494348&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1140 The modern world twists our ancient and natural sleep cycles with ubiquitous electric lighting, shift-work and the like. Now new research in mice suggests that the disturbance could have a serious impact on the body and brain, from weight gain and cognitive inflexibility to poor impulse control. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4494348 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:00:00 +0100 4494348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4423517&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1137 A newly discovered deep sea lobster is one of many species identified for the first time through the Census of Marine Life, a decade-long project that sponsored 540 expeditions carried out by 2700 researchers from more than 80 countries. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4423517 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:15:00 +0100 4423517 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4411024&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1139 In a landmark paper published this week in Science, scientists from Rockefeller University and the Sanger Institute have used full genome sequencing to identify the precise steps in the molecular evolution of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Their research shows the changes the genome of this bacterium has undergone in time and during its massive geographic spread over the globe. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4411024 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:30:00 +0100 4411024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4404859&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1138 A new partnership will mimic a venture capital-funded biotechnology start-up model, whereby Pfizer funds pre-clinical and clinical development programs in return for the opportunity to potentially broaden its pipeline with novel and highly differentiated candidate drugs. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4404859 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:45:00 +0100 4404859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4376946&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1136 Amy C. Falls will be The Rockefeller University's chief investment officer and vice president for investments effective April 4, 2011. Falls will oversee the University’s Office of Investments and manage the institution’s endowment, which has an estimated value of $1.8 billion. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4376946 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:00:00 +0100 4376946 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4370259&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1132 The precocious progenitors of every cell in the body — stem cells — have commitment issues. They must remain unattached to maintain the versatility they need to respond to injuries, regenerate tissues and do their other jobs. New research defines the point at which a developing lineage of hair follicle stem cells do settle down, however, and commit to their mission to grow new hair. The findings also reflect a new concept in stem cell biology: that the newly specialized cells send signals back to the stem cells from which they originated, regulating their behavior. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4370259 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:45:00 +0100 4370259 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4336935&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1131 Rockefeller University scientists Robert B. Darnell and Victor Wilson have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow. Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4336935 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:15:00 +0100 4336935 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4280606&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1125 Since the introduction of Gleevec as a treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumors, survival rates have climbed dramatically and recurrence has fallen by two-thirds. But over time, many patients develop resistance to the drug. Now, scientists at Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have identified a molecule that acts as a survival factor for gastrointestinal tumors, a finding that may lead to next-generation therapies that can pick up where Gleevec leaves off. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4280606 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:45:00 +0100 4280606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4274821&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1126 Alzheimer’s disease isn’t just about twisted brain cells, but also the blood vessels that feed those neurons. Previous research at Rockefeller University showed that the most common element of telltale plaque deposits in Alzheimer's brains leads to the formation of tougher blood clots, which could choke off oxygen flow to neurons. The new research shows how these clots are formed, suggesting a target for a drug that might prevent them. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4274821 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:30:00 +0100 4274821 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4274822&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1122 New research shows how one protein, PRC1, acts in the penultimate stage of cell division to help form the architectural structures, called central spindles, needed before the cell can split in two. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4274822 Mon, 20 Dec 2010 18:45:00 +0100 4274822 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4228863&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1123 New research now points the way to a record of viruses that have insinuated themselves into the genomes of insects and animals, providing clues about their evolutionary history. The findings could enable scientists to learn from genetic “fossils” of viruses in much the same way that they do from retroviruses, which unlike regular viruses, use their host’s genetic machinery to reproduce. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4228863 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:30:00 +0100 4228863 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4171350&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1119 Janet Davison Rowley and Mary-Claire King, pioneering cancer geneticists, are the recipients of the 2010 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize awarded by The Rockefeller University. Established by Nobel Prize winner Paul Greengard and his wife, sculptor Ursula von Rydingsvard, the prize honors women who have made extraordinary contributions to biomedical science, a group that historically has not received appropriate recognition and acclaim. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4171350 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:30:00 +0100 4171350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4162485&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1120 The Collaborative Research Center, a 125,000 square foot, $500 million building designed specifically to help foster scientific collaboration and encourage interactions between scientists, has opened on Rockefeller's campus. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4162485 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:45:00 +0100 4162485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4149670&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1118 The discovery of a new class of dendritic cells that stem from blood monocytes in mice promises to accelerate research into clinical therapies that use these cells, known to be the sentinels of the immune system. Much research has been done on classical dendritic cells, which are found in the lymph tissues of mice. But these are hard to come by in the case of humans. The new technique may allow the generation of “authentic” dendritic cells from human blood samples, however, which could make it much easier to advance dendritic cell-based vaccines and cancer treatments that are under development now. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4149670 Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:45:00 +0100 4149670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4085480&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1117 Many billions of cells in the human body kill themselves every day, as the old and decrepit make way for the new and healthy. This process of programmed cell death, called apoptosis, is crucial in early development and in the routine maintenance of life. New research, conducted in the cells of fruit fly eyes, delves into the molecular complexity of the process and returns fresh insights about the proteins that initiate cell death. The results suggest a technique that could allow for highly efficient, targeted killing of problematic cells such as those that drive the uncontrolled growth of tumors. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4085480 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:45:00 +0100 4085480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4081239&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1116 Gaby Maimon, who will join the university on January 1, has developed a unique system for studying the neural basis for decision-making in fruit flies. By using fluorescence microscopy and glass capillaries pulled to ultrafine tips, Maimon records the electrical activity of specific neurons in the fly brain as it flies, allowing him to understand what’s going on as the fly is exposed to — and reacts to — various stimuli. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4081239 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:00:00 +0100 4081239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4072852&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1112 Stem cells have tremendous regenerative power, but their potency can also be lethal. Now researchers have identified a gene that prevents stem cells from turning into tumors in mice by regulating the process of programmed cell death, or apoptosis. The work is the first to show that interfering with the programmed death of stem cells can have fatal consequences. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4072852 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:00:00 +0100 4072852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4064485&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1111 Robert G. Roeder, head of the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, will receive the Salk Institute’s Medal for Research Excellence for his contributions to the understanding of RNA synthesis in animal cells. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4064485 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:15:00 +0100 4064485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4055267&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1110 Rockefeller University scientists Robert B. Darnell, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Neuro-oncology, and Titia de Lange, head of the Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics, have been elected to the Institute of Medicine, the health and medicine branch of the National Academy of Sciences. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4055267 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:00:00 +0100 4055267 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4039752&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1109 Rockefeller University President Paul Nurse has been named the top British scientist in a new list of the 100 most important contemporary figures in British science. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4039752 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:15:00 +0100 4039752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4017507&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1104 By detailing the molecular workings of broadly neutralizing anti-HIV antibodies, found in so-called slow-progressing HIV patients, researchers hope to devise a way to arm those who are not equipped with exceptional immunological firepower. New clues reveal that some anti-HIV antibodies are especially sticky and target a previously unrecognized part of the virus. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4017507 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:45:00 +0100 4017507 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4011362&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1105 An electrical procedure used as a sort of defibrillator of consciousness could benefit from a more complex pattern of pulses, Rockefeller scientists say. The finding could help doctors more effectively treat conditions such as epilepsy and coma. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4011362 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:15:00 +0100 4011362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3992516&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1106 This year’s Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, the most prestigious American prize in science, honors Rockefeller University’s Jeffrey M. Friedman, who discovered leptin, a hormone that regulates food intake and body weight. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3992516 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 11:30:00 +0100 3992516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3964888&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1090 A retrovirologist at Rockefeller who studies the mechanisms that viruses use to assemble new viral particles and the resistance of certain cell types to infection has been awarded tenure and promoted to professor. Paul Bieniasz has reanimated extinct retroviruses, elucidated defenses evolved by organisms to fend off attacking viruses and made key strides toward developing a monkey model of HIV. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3964888 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3964888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3945977&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1094 The university’s Board of Trustees has elected Tessier-Lavigne to succeed Paul Nurse on March 11, 2011. A leader in the study of brain development, he is currently executive vice president for research and chief scientific officer at Genentech, one the world’s leading biotech companies. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3945977 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:15:00 +0100 3945977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3928457&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1093 The gold medal is the highest award conferred by the Karolinska Institutet, one of the world’s leading medical universities, during its 200th anniversary celebrations. The medal recognizes the work of an individual not permanently located at the Karolinska Institutet, who has contributed to and has achieved acknowledged eminence in the university’s activities. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3928457 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:30:00 +0100 3928457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3924185&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1092 Rockefeller researchers report that the cancer drug Gleevec reduces Alzheimer’s plaques in a mouse model of the disease by binding to a molecule called gamma-secretase activating protein, or GSAP. By knocking out the gene that produces GSAP, the researchers reduced the primary component of senile plaques. They say that the development of compounds that work like Gleevec and target GSAP could revolutionize the treatment of this disease. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3924185 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:45:00 +0100 3924185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3906852&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1091 A scientist who studies how evolution operates at different levels of organization in insect societies is the third and latest recruit in Rockefeller’s fall 2009 open faculty search. Daniel Kronauer, who is a junior fellow at Harvard University, will join Rockefeller in July 2011 as the head of the Laboratory of Insect Social Evolution. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3906852 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:45:00 +0100 3906852 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3868513&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1089 The division of one cell into two is one of the most basic processes of life. One of the many tricks involved is the segregation of copied chromosomes to opposite ends of the cell before it divides. New research details for the first time the role of an epigenetic modification to the proteins that package DNA in the fundamental biological phenomenon, known as mitosis. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3868513 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:30:00 +0100 3868513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3848197&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1088 A former high school teacher himself, Scovell works to give new generations of young scientists access to the facilities — and mentors — that can take them well beyond the frogs and earthworms of their high school classrooms. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3848197 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3848197 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3794024&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1087 Long before our nervous system is able to see, smell, touch, hear or speak, the earliest neurons that make it up must be precisely guided to the proper layers in the developing brain. Exactly how this early neuron migration happens has been elusive, but a better understanding of it could lead to insight into myriad developmental problems, including autism and schizophrenia. New research identifies a gene that works behind-the-scenes to control a closely related adhesion gene that helps keep young neurons on the right track. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3794024 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:45:00 +0100 3794024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3794025&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1086 MicroRNAs, short stretches of RNA that silence genes, have already been linked to cancer, heart disease and mental disorders such as schizophrenia. New research by Rockefeller University scientists suggests microRNAs are also involved in regulating the motivation to consume cocaine, a finding that could ultimately lead to new ways of combating addictive diseases in humans. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3794025 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3794025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3790105&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1085 In muscle, a protein called MED1 normally suppresses a genetic program that holds in check certain energy expenditure pathways. But when Rockefeller University scientists removed this gene in mice, a number of genes that are usually suppressed were activated, suggesting that targeting the Med1 gene could provide new therapeutical approaches to treating such metabolic diseases as obesity and diabetes. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3790105 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3790105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3779816&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1084 The threats to our genes come fast and furious. To fend them off, evolution has come up with complex safety measures to preserve the stability of our DNA. New research identifies a protein that is involved in guarding against a particularly dangerous peril called the inter-strand crosslink, when two strands of DNA become stuck together and can’t be unzipped for their proper replication or transcription. A mutation in the gene that produces this protein may lead to the deadly cancer-causing disorder known as Fanconi anemia, and may be involved in breast cancer as well, the experiments show. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3779816 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:15:00 +0100 3779816 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3771516&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1084 The threats to our genes come fast and furious. To fend them off, evolution has come up with complex safety measures to preserve the stability of our DNA. New research identifies a protein that is involved in guarding against a particularly dangerous peril called the inter-strand crosslink, when two strands of DNA become stuck together and can’t be unzipped for their proper replication or transcription. A mutation in the gene that produces this protein may lead to the deadly cancer-causing disorder known as Fanconi anemia, and may be involved in breast cancer as well, the experiments show. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3771516 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:15:00 +0100 3771516 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3761047&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1083 Chemicals emitted by mosquito predators could lead to as environmentally friendly tactics for repelling disease-carrying insects. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3761047 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:15:00 +0100 3761047 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3721361&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1082 Agnel Sfeir, a postdoctoral fellow in Titia de Lange's Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics, has been named a finalist in the fourth annual Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists competition, which recognizes the contributions of young scientists and engineers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3721361 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100 3721361 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3721362&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1081 HIV has been able to outmaneuver every vaccine that's been tried on the virus since it was first discovered in 1981. But no vaccine has yet to directly employ what is arguably the most powerful weapon the human immune system, the dendritic cells that orchestrate the body's response to infection. Now that's about to change. Researchers at Rockefeller University, where dendritic cells were discovered in 1973, are building on decades worth of research to launch a novel vaccine trial in hopes of mustering an immune response strong enough to defeat the deadly virus. It's the first clinical trial of a dendritic cell based vaccine against infection, and researchers hope it will mark a turning point in the battle against AIDS. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3721362 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:30:00 +0100 3721362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3675876&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1073 The adult brain, long considered to be fixed in its wiring, is remarkably dynamic, according to new research by Rockefeller University scientists. The finding explains how the circuitry of a region of the mouse brain called the somatosensory cortex, which processes input from the various systems in the body that respond to the sense of touch, is continually modified by experience. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3675876 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 22:15:00 +0100 3675876 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3675878&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1077 Rockefeller’s newest faculty member is Luciano Marraffini, a microbiologist who studies how bacterial pathogens modulate the transfer of foreign DNA into their genomes. His work sheds light on how bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus evolve, including how they gain the ability to resist antibiotic drugs. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3675878 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3675878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3675877&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1078 A cognitive neuroscientist, who uses imaging techniques to study the parts of the brain responsible for visual processing, is the recipient of a prestigious Pew Scholars award. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3675877 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3675877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3665405&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1076 Alzheimer’s disease isn’t just about twisted brain cells. It’s also about the blood vessels that feed those neurons. New research at Rockefeller University has shown how the most common element of the plaque deposits found outside the brain cells of Alzheimer’s patients interacts with a blood clotting agent and causes clots to form faster and become harder to break down. The scientists suggest new drugs that would target this association could potentially treat what is increasingly recognized as a crucial element of the disease, the vascular component. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3665405 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:30:00 +0100 3665405 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3647860&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1075 In addition to graduate degrees, two honorary doctorates will be awarded, to Hanna Holborn Gray, historian, president emeritus of The University of Chicago and chairman of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; and Harold E. Varmus, Nobel laureate and president and chief executive of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3647860 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:45:00 +0100 3647860 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3644170&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1071 A genetically modified vaccine originally used to eradicate yellow fever could be the key to stopping a mosquito-borne scourge that afflicts much of the developing world. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3644170 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:00:00 +0100 3644170 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3584872&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1069 Psoriasis is one of humanity’s oldest know diseases and one of the more widespread, affecting 2 percent of the U.S. population. But it remains largely a mystery. New work identifies markers that define two types of dendritic cells found in psoriatic lesions, findings that will help scientists isolate and study the most troublesome inflammatory variety. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3584872 Thu, 20 May 2010 17:15:00 +0100 3584872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3581030&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1070 Newly named assistant professor Daniel Mucida studies the balance between tolerance and immunity by observing what happens in the intestinal tract. It’s there that the body must cope with a constant stream of foreign antigens from our food as well as a flourishing ecosystem of bacteria, viruses and parasites. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3581030 Wed, 19 May 2010 15:30:00 +0100 3581030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573014&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1068 A neurobiologist whose research focuses on the mechanism of smell has been granted tenure by the university's Board of Trustees. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573014 Mon, 17 May 2010 19:00:00 +0100 3573014 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3559604&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1067 Jean-Laurent Casanova will launch a new project aimed at understanding how a collection of genetically diverse errors in immunity leads to susceptibility to tuberculosis in children under 15 years old. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3559604 Wed, 12 May 2010 15:15:00 +0100 3559604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3479352&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1061 Researchers have discovered a gene involved in hair loss that may lead to new, non-hormonal therapies for baldness. The work, by researchers at Rockefeller, Columbia and Stanford universities, reveals that a mutation in a gene called APCDD1 inhibits a signaling pathway that was known to affect hair growth in mice but never before in humans. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3479352 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:00:00 +0100 3479352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3479353&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1060 New research takes the study of biological rhythms, like the heart beat, to a new level: the cell cycle. Scientists at Rockefeller University have proposed that the orderly succession of events in cell division is governed by a master oscillator, coordinating with independent oscillators that control individual events. Their model suggests that this orderly orchestration is analogous to how our circadian rhythm syncs with the light-dark cycle in our environment. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3479353 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 18:00:00 +0100 3479353 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3459682&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1059 Through ingenious combinations of roughly 20 amino acids, the basic building blocks of life, genes can build the proteins that comprise everything from the simplest bacteria to the human brain. In new research published today in Nature, scientists unveil a new technique to illuminate the function of those proteins. The method of genetically targeting a non-natural amino acid to specific locations within a protein could theoretically be adapted to place a fluorescent probe at any position in any protein in a mammalian cell. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3459682 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:00:00 +0100 3459682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3453071&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1056 Cosmologist and astrophysicist Martin Rees has been named the recipient of Rockefeller University’s Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science for 2009. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3453071 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:15:00 +0100 3453071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3428335&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1055 A team of high-energy physicists at Rockefeller is part of more than 2000-strong group of physicists working on the CMS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator. The LHC research program aims to reproduce the conditions that were present a fraction of a second after the Big Bang. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3428335 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3428335 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3398311&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1049 Rockefeller University’s Joel E. Cohen hopes to launch an international conversation on the rationales for educating children, informed by diverse perspectives on why education should be a goal at all. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3398311 Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3398311 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3353711&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1045 It turns out that the immune system can create its own infections. Scientists now report that the immune-fighting proteins that keep yeast in check in healthy immune systems are under siege in patients with a rare autoimmune disorder known as APS-1. By pinpointing the cause of candidiasis in these patients, the finding paves the way for treating these fungal infections with drugs that are already out in the market. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3353711 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:00 +0100 3353711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3349682&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1044 The path to fully developed cells from embryonic stem cells requires that the right genes are turned on and off at the right times. New research from Rockefeller University shows that tiny variations between gene-regulating histone proteins play an important role in determining how and when genes are read. The finding shows that each region of the genome may be even more specialized than previously expected and may open a new avenue of investigation regarding the mysterious causes of the human genetic disease known as ATR-X syndrome. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3349682 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3349682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3349683&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1043 Brains change. They change throughout life, responding to developmental but also environmental cues, like stress. Scientists know of several important proteins that play a role in what brains do with new experience. Now they have identified one, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which must be present at a certain level to enable the brain’s “adaptive plasticity,” particularly in response to stress. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3349683 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0100 3349683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3310805&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1037 In order to thrive, the human body orchestrates a mass suicide of about 10 billion potentially dangerous cells a day. New research takes a closer look at programmed cell death — called apoptosis — and finds order in this process, once thought to be an erratically timed, sudden collapse. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3310805 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0100 3310805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3297777&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1038 New research in a mouse model of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder suggests that the root of the psychiatric disorder might be the over-activity of a protein that regulates the brain’s reward-motivation system. The work suggests a path toward new treatments for symptoms including inattentiveness, over-activity and impulsivity. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3297777 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:45:00 +0100 3297777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3258198&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1036 Important molecular machines routinely crash into one another while plying their trades on DNA. New research shows that the enzymes that copy DNA before cell division, called replisomes, are the kings of this road, kicking aside machines that are performing less critical tasks, such as transcribing instructions for proteins. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3258198 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:45:00 +0100 3258198 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3258199&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1034 Some women are especially sensitive to the natural flux of hormones in the menstrual cycle. New research points to a gene that likely influences how women respond to swings in estrogen levels and could help diagnose and treat premenstrual dysphoric disorder, a condition marked by extreme mood swings and irritability. The work also provides insight into the historically understudied area of medically relevant differences between men and women. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3258199 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:00:00 +0100 3258199 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3253887&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1029 Following the straight and narrow may be good moral advice, but it’s not a great design principle for a distribution network. In new research, a team of biophysicists describe a complex netting of interconnected looping veins that evolution devised to distribute water in leaves. The work, which bucks decades of thinking, may compel engineers to revisit some common assumptions that have informed the building of many human-built distribution networks. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3253887 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0100 3253887 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246525&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1031 Compared to any other liquid on Earth, water behaves in strange and unexpected ways, yet its unusual properties enable and protect life as we know it. By tracking individual water molecules in a “supercooled” state, scientists find what explains one of water’s most notable and life-saving features: its astounding capacity to resist gaining or losing heat. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246525 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:00:00 +0100 3246525 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3246526&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1030 In the past decade, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, has ushered in a new era in the fight between man and bug. By harnessing the power of nature’s own antibiotics, scientists have engineered an enzyme known as a lysin that not only kills MRSA in mice but also works synergistically with antibiotics that were once powerless against the formidable organism. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3246526 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:30:00 +0100 3246526 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3215774&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1025 Ever since the dawn of time, teenage boys have been defined by their sexual urges. Stereotype or not, the same fate has now befallen male mice. In new research that harkens back to those awkward high school moments and uncomfortable coming-of-age memories, scientists now show that male mice genetically selected for high levels of nervous energy act like sex-crazed teenage boys: highly motivated, but awkward and inefficient. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3215774 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:45:00 +0100 3215774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200014&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1024 Using high resolution genome sequencing, scientists have tracked a deadly strain of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as it traveled between South America, Europe and Southeast Asia. The new technique provides an unprecedented view of how MRSA evolved over decades and across entire continents, as well as on the short timescale of a few weeks within a hospital in Thailand. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200014 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:45:00 +0100 3200014 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200015&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1022 Since their initial discovery in 1973, dendritic cells, the sentinels of the immune system, have turned up in a number of places other than the immune organs. They stand guard in the heart, for instance, and in 2008, the first population native to the brain was identified. New research shows that dendritic cells are not only present in the brain, but active, too. They confront foreign substances and seem to form a barrier between healthy and stricken brain tissue following a stroke. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200015 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:00:00 +0100 3200015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3188545&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1023 An unusual finding in previous studies of vitamin D-deficient patients has prompted a new clinical study at The Rockefeller University Hospital. Investigator Manish Ponda aims to discover if there is a causative relationship between vitamin D supplementation and elevated levels of small LDL cholesterol. The hospital is currently recruiting subjects for the study. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3188545 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:45:00 +0100 3188545 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156040&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1021 New findings, published in recent issues of Neuron and Science, indicate that malfunction of a protein complex that normally suppresses gene activation causes mental retardation in mice and humans and may even play a role in promoting susceptibility to drug addiction. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156040 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:15:00 +0100 3156040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3156041&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1020 Some animals use camouflage to outsmart their prey; others use mimicry or fake their own death. But Trypanosoma brucei, the wily parasite that causes African sleeping sickness, is the only organism we know of that can change its molecular identity on command to escape the grip of the human immune system. New research reveals a key discovery that has eluded scientists for decades: To avoid capture, trypanosomes must strategically uncoil their DNA. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3156041 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:30:00 +0100 3156041 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3124244&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1017 Armed with the latest high-tech DNA analysis techniques, two New York City high school students examined every nook and cranny of their homes and were astonished to discover a veritable zoo of 95 animal species surrounding them, in everything from fridges to furniture. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3124244 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0100 3124244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3118347&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1014 If you have dry skin, wet it, if wet skin, dry it. This has been a general rule of dermatology for centuries, but scientists are working to develop more precise treatments for the dozen-plus inflammatory skin diseases that afflict people. New research details the fine genetic and immunological differences between two of the most common skin diseases, psoriasis and atopic eczema, presenting a new way to classify the disorders as well as possible novel therapeutics. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3118347 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:30:00 +0100 3118347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3118348&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1016 In a series of three snapshots that recapitulate the coordinated actions, scientists reveal how a protein essential for the replication of the hepatitis C virus moves along its nucleic acid substrate. The finding illustrates the nucleotide-dependent changes of interactions between the protein, known as NS3, and DNA, work that suggests some of the most feasible strategies to date to block the action of this largely unexplored drug target. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3118348 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:30:00 +0100 3118348 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3118349&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1015 The head of Rockefeller University’s Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics has received a $400,000 grant from the American Cancer Society and has been named an American Cancer Society Research Professor. The five-year grant, which is effective January 1, 2010, will fund de Lange’s continuing research on telomeres, the strings of extra DNA that cap and protect the ends of chromosomes through numerous cycles of cell division. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3118349 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:45:00 +0100 3118349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3104486&cid=s_38118_61_f&fid=38118&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewswire.rockefeller.edu%2F%3Fpage%3Dengine%26id%3D1004 Investigators at The Rockefeller University have so far been awarded 41 federal grants and supplemental awards through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) — the so-called “stimulus” legislation passed by Congress last winter. Ranging in size from about $5,000 to nearly $4.6 million, the grants will fund new and ongoing projects in biomedical and clinical research and training. (Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire) The Rockefeller University Newswire news http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3104486 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:15:00 +0100 3104486