For the sake of children, keep wearing your mask

We are compounding an important public health policy mistake. As the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, states and elected leaders declare an end to pandemic restrictions, paving the way back to “normal,” there’s a presumption that...

The Future of Virus Tracking Can Be Found on This College Campus

Colorado Mesa University and the Broad Institute of M.I.T. and Harvard have spent the last year exploring new approaches to managing outbreaks. Together, the institutions have turned C.M.U.’s campus of 10,000-plus students into a real-world, real-time epidemiological...

New NJACTS Publication

Please read Dr. Leggett’s article in Cell Communication and Signaling titled, “The epithelial-mesenchymal transition and the cytoskeleton in bioengineered systems.” The epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) occurs when tightly connected...

Rutgers researchers are developing a COVID-19 breathalyzer test

Testing for COVID-19 could soon be as easy as blowing into a tube. Researchers at Rutgers University are working to develop a non-invasive, rapid COVID-19 test that can detect the virus and other respiratory illnesses in minutes, similar to a blood alcohol content...