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Rutgers Scientists Develop Method to Detect Deadly Infectious Diseases.
Rutgers researchers have developed a way of detecting the early onset of deadly infectious diseases using a test so ultrasensitive that it could someday revolutionize medical approaches to epidemics. The test, described in Science Advances, is an electronic sensor...
Rutgers Health Regional Biocontainment Lab Plans Renovation and Expansion.
New equipment and protocols will turbocharge the Rutgers Regional Biocontainment Lab’s effort to comprehend and combat hazardous pathogens such as tuberculosis and SARS-CoV-2.Extensive renovation will make the aging facility at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School — one...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...
Health clinic in Plainfield doubles its care for the uninsured.
Rutgers and Quest Diagnostics are expanding their collaboration to further improve access to critical primary care services for uninsured patients of the university’s (H.O.P.E.) Clinic in Plainfield. Resources from the Quest Diagnostics Foundation will enable the...
CDC panel approves revised COVID-19 vaccine.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has officially recommended almost every American get an updated COVID-19 vaccination. Dr. Mandy Cohen, the director of the CDC, said, “We have more tools than ever to prevent the worst outcomes from COVID-19. The CDC is...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Aleksunes' article in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology titled, "Cadmium reduces growth of male fetuses by impairing development of the placental vasculature and reducing expression of nutrient transporters." Accumulating data in rodents and humans...
What to know about the upcoming flu season, vaccine
The Pennsylvania Department of Health says flu season begins the 40th week of the year, on Oct. 2. However, some cases are already popping up locally. What will this year's flu season look like? Predictions vary, a bit. "The expectation is that it's going to be a bad...
Beyond the Opioid Epidemic: Scientist Seeks to Develop non-Addictive Treatment for Pain.
A Rutgers neuroscientist is working to develop a non-opioid pain medication that—if successful—could provide relief to patients without the risk of addiction. David Barker, a professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences, studies the pathways...