Tricking the Body into Replacing Lost Muscle.

Tricking the Body into Replacing Lost Muscle.

The human body can heal itself, but only up to a point. If an injury removes 20% or more of a muscle — as can happen in car accidents, certain surgeries or explosions in combat zones — natural processes can’t, on their own, replace it. Instead, the wound seals up,...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services

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...
AI Algorithms Used in Healthcare Can Perpetuate Bias.

AI Algorithms Used in Healthcare Can Perpetuate Bias.

The AI algorithms increasingly used to treat and diagnose patients can have biases and blind spots that could impede healthcare for Black and Latinx patients, according to research co-authored by a Rutgers-Newark data scientist. Fay Cobb Payton, a Mathematics and...
Tobacco-Related Health Inequities are a Social Justice Issue.

Tobacco-Related Health Inequities are a Social Justice Issue.

The 2024 Surgeon General’s Report estimates that each year, more than 490,000 deaths are attributable to cigarette smoking and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke in the United States. “With one in five U.S. deaths attributable to tobacco and persistent disparities...