Rutgers Startup Seeks to Design Safer Prescription Opiates.

Rutgers Startup Seeks to Design Safer Prescription Opiates.

Rutgers startup Zena Therapeutics is working to develop safer medications that would minimize or even eliminate overdoses from prescription drugs used in mental health treatment. “We believe that it is feasible and possible to design drugs and medications where death...

New NJACTS Publication

Please read Dr. Aleksunes’ article in the Journal of Hazardous Materials titled, “Hybrid non-animal modeling: A mechanistic approach to predict chemical hepatotoxicity.” Hepatotoxicity, often referred to as drug-induced liver injury (DILI), is a...

Causes of Stress and Diabetes Could Be Linked, Study Suggests.

Stress may be the reason people with obesity are more likely to get other metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, according to a recent study. Scientists at Rutgers University, New Jersey, experimented on genetically engineered mice to investigate how overeating...
Consider the potential harms of antibiotics. Lives may depend on it.

Consider the potential harms of antibiotics. Lives may depend on it.

What happens in the dentist’s office or urgent care center in Somerset today or with a doctor from West Windsor next week can have a long-term impact in New Jersey – and it can affect your health in ways you might not have considered. When used correctly, antibiotics...