Rockefeller University
The Rockefeller University is a world-renowned center for research and graduate education
in the biomedical sciences, chemistry and physics. Founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1901,
the university has been the site of many important scientific breakthroughs. Rockefeller
scientists, for example, established that DNA is the chemical basis of heredity,
discovered blood groups, showed that viruses can cause cancer, founded the modern
field of cell biology, worked out the structure of antibodies, developed methadone
maintenance for people addicted to heroin, devised the AIDS "cocktail" drug therapy,
and identified the weight-regulating hormone leptin. Twenty-three Nobel Prize winners
have been associated with the university, including the president, Paul Nurse, Ph.D.
Charles M. Rice
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