Discovery of a protein that reverses Alzheimer’s and heals brain injuries stuns scientists.
As we grow older, age-related illness becomes a larger part of our daily lives either through our friends, family, or ourselves. The CDC reports that nearly seven million people in the United States were suffering from Alzheimer's in 2020. That number will likely...
Register for the Postdoctoral Research Symposium by September 12th
2025 Rutgers Postdoctoral Research Symposium Keynote speaker Dr. Laura Giacometti This celebration of research will strengthen relationships between RU postdocs, facilitate potential collaborations, and allow important research to be shared with a broad group of...
Join NJ ACTS Tomorrow 9/9 for a Special Seminar
Mechanistic Determinants of Repair and Regeneration in Response to Chronic Injury Venkataramana K. Sidhaye, MD Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Professor of Environmental Health and Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering Johns...
‘A Dangerous Setback’: HIV/AIDS Activists Warn of Fallout from Medicaid, CDC Cuts.
For more than 10 years, an HIV diagnosis was seen as a certain death sentence, with over 40,000 people dying from AIDS before the first drug to treat the virus was approved by the Food and Drug Administration and placed on the market. Infectious disease specialists...
Why Caffeine Might Hold the Key to Preventing Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
After decades of stalled national progress in reducing the rate of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID), a category of infant mortality that includes sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), researchers at Rutgers Health have proposed an unexpected solution: Caffeine...
Engineers Develop Genetic Testing Device to Detect Rare Mutations.
A team led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers has developed a portable device capable of detecting rare genetic mutations from a single drop of blood. The instrument, described in a study published in Communications Engineering of the Nature Publishing...
Scientists Find a New Way to Help Plants Fight Diseases.
In a discovery three decades in the making, scientists at Rutgers and Brookhaven National Laboratory have acquired detailed knowledge about the internal structures and mode of regulation for a specialized protein and are proceeding to develop tools that can capitalize...
An Increase in Suicides Follows Rising Homicide Rates Throughout the U.S.
Increases in local homicide rates in U.S. counties are linked to higher suicide rates the following year, particularly when firearms are involved, according to Rutgers researchers. A new study, published in Social Science & Medicine, examined data spanning more...
Expanding Institute, Growing Reach: i3D’s Symposium Shows Its Momentum.
Scientific conferences are important drivers of innovation and institutional health, spreading cutting-edge, unpublished data, allowing scientists to test ideas in real time and helping host institutions recruit allies and future hires. By that yardstick, the steady...
Access to Green Spaces May Be Linked to Lower Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Children.
Living near green spaces before and during pregnancy as well as in early childhood is associated with a reduced risk of neurodevelopmental disorders, according to Rutgers Health researchers. Published in Environment International, the study examined how exposure to...