New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Peck's article in Gastro Hep Advances titled, "Ten-Year Trends of Persistent Mortality with Gallstone Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study in New Jersey." Gallstone disease has been said to have reached epidemic proportions, with up to twenty percent...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Suriano's article in Molecular Therapy titled, "An innate immune response to adeno-associated virus genomes decreases cortical dendritic complexity and disrupts synaptic transmission." Clinical and basic neuroscience has been revolutionized by...
Non-Opioid Pain Relievers Beat Opioids After Dental Surgery.
A combination of acetaminophen (Tylenol) and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) controls pain after wisdom tooth removal better than opioids, according to a Rutgers Health study that could change how dentists treat post-surgical pain. The trial in more than 1,800 patients...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Posfai's article in Development titled, "Nuclear instance segmentation and tracking for preimplantation mouse embryos." During preimplantation development of the mouse embryo, two consecutive cell fate decisions set aside precursors of extra-embryonic...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. An's article in the Journal of Clinical Investigation titled, "Serum cAMP levels are increased in patients with asthma." As a cornerstone in the treatment of asthma, β2-agonists prevent or reverse the shortening of human airway smooth muscle (HASM),...
Clinical Trials Office Webinar: Clinical Trial Agreements: The Hows, Whats, and Whys.
Want to learn more about clinical trials? Attend the Clinical Trials Office Webinar on Monday, January 13th, 2025, at 12:00 pm titled: Clinical Trial Agreements-The Hows, Whats, and Whys. Samuel Lee, JD, Clinical Contracts Manager Clinical Trials Office. Register now.
Valve Trials Validate Better Ways of Fixing a Malfunctioning Heart.
Valvular heart disease – where excessively tight or leaky connections between heart chambers gradually wear out the heart – affects up to 10% of older adults and causes more than 120,000 deaths a year worldwide. But three new trials from research institutions,...

Top-Ranked University’s Research Facilities Set to Nest at New Jersey Life Sciences Campus.
The Northeast Science and Technology (NEST) Center today announced New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) as its first academic partner at the campus, marking a significant milestone in the creation of a life science, technology, and pharmaceutical research hub....
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Boreland's article in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology titled, "Sustained type I interferon signaling after human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection of human iPSC derived microglia and cerebral organoids." The global burden of human...

Rutgers Researcher Receives a $2 Million Five-Year NIH Grant to Advance New Generation of Cancer Treatments.
A researcher and assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology has received the Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance nucleic acid therapies as new generation treatments of cancer. Enver Cagri...