Hidden in Plain Sight: The Chemical Burden of Personal Care Products.
The average consumer is exposed to more than one hundred chemicals a day through personal care products (PCPs) alone, according to a Rutgers Health study that examined the chemical exposures occurring through the specific products used daily by study...
Unraveling the Mysteries of Male Infertility.
A genetic mutation in mice affects cells required for sexual reproduction and holds clues about male infertility that could pave the way for new treatments and male contraceptives, a Rutgers University–New Brunswick researcher and colleagues have...
What’s next for COVID? Experts weigh in, 5 years after it first appeared.
Five years ago this month, a tsunami of patients struggling to breathe due to a new, out-of-control virus slammed into Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck — the first epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey. Doctors and nurses covered in full protective gear...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Jimenez's article in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science titled, "The application of quality improvement concepts, strategies, and tools to enhance participation in clinical trials among Latino families." People from Latino backgrounds...
From 3D Bioprinting to Disease Tracking, NJIT Showcases its Groundbreaking Labs.
Throughout the year, NJIT researchers focus on unsolved problems in areas such as medical science, energy sustainability and cybersecurity and test new methods to tackle them. Each spring, at the annual Research Institutes, Centers and Laboratories Showcase, they step...
Scientists Discover Immune Cell Networks Driving Deadly Lung Disease.
Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that networks of misplaced immune cells drive an aggressive lung disease, potentially opening a path to new treatments for a condition that kills 80% of patients within a decade. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) scars lung...
Special Type of Fat Tissue Could Help Maintain Exercise Capacity in Aging.
Rutgers Health researchers have made discoveries about brown fat that may open a new path to helping people stay physically fit as they age. A team from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School found that mice lacking a specific gene developed an unusually potent form of...
Fruit Fly Research Led NJIT Scientists and Edison Teens to Better AI Habits on Supercomputers.
A competition to compare the brains of male vs. female fruit flies led New Jersey Institute of Technology researchers and two high school students to a second-place finish in the latest edition of the FlyWire Data Challenge, but more importantly the team learned new...
Biologist Pabitra Sahoo and His Research Team Unlock Clues to Repairing Damaged Nerves.
Each year, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), millions of people in the U.S. are affected by spinal cord and traumatic brain Injuries, along with neuro-developmental and -degenerative diseases such as ADHD, autism, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer's...
For Cancer Patients, Oncologists Often Have the Final Word.
For terminally ill cancer patients, the final days of life are immensely personal, having the choice to continue cancer treatments, or to stop treatments and prioritize a more comfortable passing. What a patient wants, however, isn’t always what they receive,...