Should New York City Burn Its Parks? This Scientist Thinks So.
Aaron Sexton, an assistant professor of plant science from Cornell University, was addressing employees of the city’s parks department last year when he made a startling suggestion. “We should burn New York City parks,” he said. His audience laughed, but he wasn’t...
NJACTS Community Engagement Core Available Services
Virtual Community Engagement Salon The NJ ACTS CEC Virtual Community Engagement Salons bring researchers together with patients, community members and health care stakeholders to actively participate in cross-talk — to incubate ideas for engagement in the...
New Jersey Becomes a Rising Regional Hub for Abortion Care.
New Jersey has become an increasingly important access point for abortion care in the years following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, though disparities in availability remain throughout the state, according to Rutgers Health researchers. Their...
Rutgers Startup Seeks to Stop Chronic Diseases Before They Begin.
After losing family members to chronic conditions, including his father, Ilker Hacihaliloglu decided something needed to be done to ensure that preventable diseases are discovered early rather than too late. His innovation, developed at Rutgers, The State University...
How GLP-1s Are Shifting the Story of Weight, Wellness and Self-Acceptance.
The final weeks of the year are often filled with celebration and connection, prompting a great deal of reflection on what the next 12 months may hold. With the New Year on the horizon, many people feel a familiar pull toward self-improvement that can inspire a...
Scientists Develop New Gut Health Measure That Tracks Disease.
Scientists have identified a new way to distinguish healthy guts from diseased ones and track how some illnesses progress by measuring how gut bacteria interact with one another. According to a study published in Science, a Rutgers-led team of scientists found that...
After a Philadelphia cancer patient ran out of options, a novel T-cell therapy at Rutgers kept her alive.
Jefferson Health oncologist Jennifer Johnson had exhausted all the standard treatment options for her 49-year-old patient with esophageal cancer, who was likely to die within months. Surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy had kept the Northeast...
Firearm Injury Survivors Face Long-Term Health Challenges.
Survivors of firearm injuries often experience long-term physical and functional health challenges that extend beyond the initial trauma, according to Rutgers Health researchers. Their study, published in the Journal of Urban Health, examined the physical health...
Rutgers–Newark Scientists Use RNA Nanotechnology to Program Living Cells, Opening New Path for Cancer Cure.
Scientists at Rutgers University–Newark have developed a first-of-its-kind RNA-based nanotechnology that assembles itself inside living human cells and can be programmed to stop propagation of harmful cells. The findings, recently accepted for publication in Nature...
Rutgers Advances Non-Opioid Solutions for Chronic Pain.
Rutgers has granted Tonix Pharmaceutical exclusive worldwide rights to develop and commercialize a novel class of compounds created by university researchers with the potential to transform pain management and address the opioid epidemic. The compound can be used to...