Scientists Discover Potential Blood Test for Asthma Diagnosis and Severity.
Scientists at Rutgers Health have discovered that a simple blood test could diagnose asthma and determine its severity, a breakthrough that could transform how the disease is identified and monitored. The paper, which will appear in the Journal of Clinical...
Genetic Risk for Mental Health Issues Is Linked to Higher Divorce Rates.
People who get divorced tend to have higher genetic predispositions for psychiatric disorders, even if they never develop these conditions themselves, according to a Rutgers Health analysis of millions of marital histories in Sweden. Researchers involved in...
Bioengineered Blood Vessels Show Promise in Trauma Care.
A new type of bioengineered blood vessel showed strong results in treating severe vascular injuries, potentially offering vascular surgeons a better alternative to synthetic grafts when patients' veins aren't suitable for use in repairs. In a phase II trial at Rutgers...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Reichman's article in Research in Developmental Disabilities titled, "Clinical and functional characteristics of children and young adults with cerebral palsy and co-occurring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder." Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most...
Study Finds Transfusing More Blood Reduces Risk of Death at Six Months in Heart-Attack Patients with Anemia.
Giving more blood to anemic patients after a heart attack may save lives, according to a Rutgers Health–led study. The study, published in NEJM Evidence, affirms research conducted in 2023 that suggested mortality rate or recurrent heart attacks were more frequent in...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Glasser's article in Substance Use & Misuse titled, "Effect of a State-Level Vaping Prevention Campaign on Beliefs and Behaviors in Young People." Vaping prevention media campaigns have promising effects on harm perceptions but have yet to...
Princeton researchers awarded NJ ACTS grant to study dendritic plasticity in neuropsychiatric disorders.
Princeton neuroscience researchers Sam Wang, Ph.D., and Esra Sefik, Ph.D., were recently awarded a New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJ ACTS)(Link is external) pilot grant to investigate how dendrites, the nerve-cell branches that connect...
Exercise Improves Brain Function, Possibly Reducing Dementia Risk.
A study led by scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has shown that specialized cells involved in how the body responds to insulin are activated in the brain after exercise, suggesting that physical activity may directly improve brain function. A recent...
Join NJ ACTS Biostatistics and Epidemiology for their Workshop Series on 2/20 at 12pm
Join us for the NJ Acts Biostatistics and Epidemiology Workshop Series: Enhance Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease with Generative AI Presented by Dr. Chenxi (Chelsea) Yuan Assistant Professor - Department of Informatics - Ying Wu College of Computing - New Jersey...
Scientists Discover Potential Blood Test for Asthma Diagnosis and Severity.
Scientists at Rutgers Health have discovered that a simple blood test could diagnose asthma and determine its severity, a breakthrough that could transform how the disease is identified and monitored. The paper, which will appear in the Journal of Clinical...