Essays Tagged: "Rockefeller University"

Animal testing.

of the first large companies to fund research for alternatives with a $750,000 contribution to the Rockefeller University in 1979. Several organizations such as the John Hopkins Center for the Altern ...

(2 pages) 83 0 1.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Robber Baron Vs. Captain of Industry.

Robber BaronVs.Captain of Industry?John D. Rockefeller was the guiding force behind the creation of the Standard Oil Company, which grew to dom ... s much controversy and opposition arose regarding business strategies and its organization. John D. Rockefeller was also one of the United States first major philanthropists, establishing numerous imp ... donating close to $600 million to various charities.An ongoing debate remains as to whether John D. Rockefeller was a "robber baron" or a "captain of industry". Rockefeller was highly criticized for h ...

(6 pages) 16053 1 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Understanding Obesity

dies was the discovery of a hormone called leptin. Leptin was originally identified late in 1994 by Rockefeller University researchers led by Jeffrey Friedman (Kluger, 2001). It is encoded by the obes ...

(5 pages) 218 1 4.8 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Causes of Obesity

e amount of body fat, said Dr. Rudolph Leibel, who co-discovered the hormone nearly a decade ago at Rockefeller University in New York. Fat cells shrink during dieting and so does the amount of leptin ...

(5 pages) 187 1 4.8 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Life Without Some Senses

(3 pages) 27 0 0.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology