A New Chemistry for CRISPR
Rockefeller UniversityIt acts as a sort of molecular fumigator to battle phages and plasmids.
It acts as a sort of molecular fumigator to battle phages and plasmids.
Manipulating a newly identified neural circuit can curb appetite鈥攐r spur massive overeating.
Certain infectious diseases, such as COVID or the flu, evolve constantly, shapeshifting just enough to outmaneuver our immune systems and reinfect us repeatedly. But subsequent reinfections often don鈥檛 lead to the most severe outcomes鈥攆or very good reason. Upon first exposure to a pathogen, our immune systems churn out specially trained B cells, which have learned to identify and eliminate the virus.
The U.S. is currently in the midst of yet another West Nile virus (WNV) outbreak, with the CDC documenting 880 cases across 46 states so far this year.
Researchers have identified how the architecture of brain circuits helps different species flexibly adapt to new mating signals across evolutionary timeframes.
New findings on how past viral respiratory infections affect future, unrelated ones could lead to therapies for boosting general antiviral immunity鈥攁nd potentially better pandemic preparedness.
This year鈥檚 Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, the most prestigious American prize in science, honors Rockefeller University鈥檚 Jeffrey M. Friedman, who discovered leptin, a hormone that regulates food intake and body weight.
The Rockefeller University announced today that its Board of Trustees has elected Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D., a leader in the study of brain development and currently Genentech executive vice president for research and chief scientific officer, as the 10th president of the university.
Scientists have discovered how the cancer drug Gleevec attacks beta-amyloid, the primary component of senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease. The finding suggests that drugs modeled on Gleevec could provide new treatments for this disease.
Two compounds emitted by mosquito predators that make the mosquitoes less inclined to lay eggs in pools of water may provide new environmentally friendly tactics for repelling and controlling disease-carrying insects.