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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays
Life Without Some Senses
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology