New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Chan's article in the Journal of Virological Methods titled, "Optimized formulation buffer preserves adeno-associated virus-9 infectivity after 4°C storage and freeze/thawing cycling." In recent years adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have been...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Jude's article in the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology titled, "Starving a Cell Promotes Airway Smooth Muscle Relaxation: Inhibition of Glycolysis Attenuates Excitation-Contraction Coupling." The salient clinical feature of...
Decades-Long Push to Lower Stillbirth Rate in the U.S. Has Stalled, Rutgers-Led Research Finds.
A decades-long effort to lower the stillbirth rate in the United States has stalled, as has progress in closing a persistent gap in excess stillbirths experienced by Black women compared with White women, according to a Rutgers-led study. “Over the last 40 years, we...
Krystal Lum and Brandon Trejo awarded 2022 NIH-funded NJ ACTS Translational Science fellowships.
This past summer, two members of the Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology (MOL) were awarded The New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS) TL1 Fellowships. Graduate student Brandon Trejo and postdoctoral researcher Krystal...
Study Differentiating Function of Two Immune Cells Could Improve Vaccine Design.
The immune system’s ability to remember defeated disease-causing germs and prevent subsequent infections remains incompletely understood, but a study in Science Immunology clarifies an important piece of the picture. Rutgers researchers used specially bred mice to...
Solutions to Tackling Smoking Rates.
Every year, the Great American Smokeout draws attention to preventing deaths and chronic illness caused by smoking. Almost 38 million Americans, including nearly one million in New Jersey, still smoke tobacco and about half of all smokers die from smoking-related...
Please Join Us for the RITMS Visiting Professor Lecture Series on December 1st at 11 am
“So What is Aging: Is Cardiovascular Aging a Disease?” Edward Lakatta, MD Senior Investigator, Chief of Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science National Institute on Aging 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Thursday, December 1st, 2022 In person at the Biomedical Engineering Building...
Register now for N3C PHASTR Initiative Q&A Webinar – TODAY
The N3C PHASTR (N3C Public Health Answers to Speed Tractable Results) initiative is a new opportunity to use N3C data to provide fast, actionable analyses on high-impact COVID-19 public health questions. It also offers an opportunity to increase community engagement...
FDA advisers meet on racial disparities in pulse oximeters
The clip-on devices that use light to measure oxygen levels in the blood are getting a closer look from U.S. regulators after recent studies suggest they don’t work as well for patients of color. Read the Full Article
Rutgers Psychologists Help Patients Overcome Exercise Anxiety and Recover Their Heart Health.
Valerie Haynie knew after suffering a blocked artery that she had to change. “I was retired, and I sat at home,” the Central Jersey woman said. “I watched TV and used my computer. I wasn’t doing any exercise.” Change is never easy, and for people with heart problems...