A five-year federal grant awarded to Rutgers University-Newark will soon begin examining whether something as simple as rigorous exercise can help stave off Alzheimer’s disease in African Americans. The funding, from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part...
The university is participating in the effort to determine the efficacy of what could be the first vaccine to prevent Lyme disease in children ages 5 to 17. Rutgers has been selected as a clinical trial site for the national research study by drug company Pfizer Inc....
Please read Dr. Blaser’s article in Cancer Cell titled, “Tumor microbiome links cellular programs and immunity in pancreatic cancer.” The microbiome contributes to human health and disease, including oncogenesis. Although it is uncertain whether the...
A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that what you eat could make a big difference in your mental acuity during your later years. The research linked cognitive decline with the frequent consumption of ultra-processed foods such as...
Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Chancellor Brian Strom leads investigation of the medications’ co-prescription and veteran overdoses and deaths. Are veterans who simultaneously take opioids for chronic pain and benzodiazepines for anxiety and insomnia at an...
