Rutgers Core Services Empower Researchers and Companies to Expand Their Innovations.
As a public research university, Rutgers also serves as a research hub for the Garden State and beyond, providing integrated support and resources for innovators and established or emerging companies seeking to advance critical R&D goals. Among these resources is...
Combining Ancient and Modern Medicine, Scientists Use Cupping to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccine in Lab Tests.
Rutgers researchers studying COVID-19 have created a new way to deliver DNA molecules into skin cells, using a suction technique similar to the ancient healing practice of cupping that increases blood circulation and promotes healing. The study appears in the...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Jude's article in the Molecular Aspects of Medicine titled, "Metabolomics in asthma: A platform for discovery." Asthma, characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness, inflammation and remodeling, is a chronic airway disease with complex etiology. Severe...
Ringo Starr Cancels Tour After Second Covid Diagnosis: ‘I’m Sure You’ll Be as Surprised as I Was’
Ringo Starr has a rebound COVID-19 infection, just three days after recovering from his first round with the virus. The former Beatles drummer, 82, announced through Twitter on Thursday that he is canceling the final shows on his North American tour. "I'm sure you'll...
Two Rutgers Professors ‘Embrace’ the Challenge of Developing Novel Cancer Treatments.
A pair of Rutgers professors have partnered with a former colleague to form a startup with the goal of developing novel cancer treatments based on the use of antibody drug conjugates. Wife-and-husband team Renata Pasqualini and Wadih Arap, who are professors and...
More possible entry points for COVID spike protein identified by Princeton scientists.
Without a receptor, there is no replication. Without replication, there is no infection. Researchers in Princeton University’s Department of Chemistry and the Department of Molecular Biology have used a cellular mapping technology called µMap, introduced just two...
Rutgers Seeks Participants for Monkeypox Treatment Study.
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School is one of nearly 80 sites in the United States that will enroll participants in a new study to evaluate whether tecovirimat is effective in treating human monkeypox. The randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial has been...
Reducing Barriers to Health Care: A Public-Private Solution.
Rutgers University is teaming up with Quest Diagnostics to provide no-cost laboratory tests over the next year to diagnose and manage acute and chronic diseases for uninsured and underinsured patients of the university’s H.O.P.E. Clinic in Plainfield, N.J. This will...
Microorganisms in Tumors May Help Identify New Approaches for Treating Pancreatic Cancer.
Investigators from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, together with RWJBarnabas Health, examined the microbiome of pancreatic tumors and identified particular microorganisms that are associated with inflammation and poor survival. According to the researchers,...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Crystal's article in Drug and Alcohol Dependence titled, "Opioid overdose survivors: Medications for opioid use disorder and risk of repeat overdose in Medicaid patients." Patients treated for opioid overdose accounted for 305,623 visits to US...