by William Jester | Jun 30, 2022 | Community, News
Kunal Shah, an assistant professor of endocrinology at Rutgers University’s Robert Wood Johnson Medical School specializing in the treatment of obesity for more than a decade, sees reason for hope in newly approved diabetes medications hitting the market. Obesity...
by William Jester | Jun 30, 2022 | Community, News
A woman’s risk of suffering one of the most common types of miscarriages can be predicted based on a specialized analysis of her genome, according to a Rutgers study. Scientists said this insight could allow patients and clinicians to make better-informed decisions...
by William Jester | Jun 29, 2022 | Community, News
As an infectious diseases doctor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, I’ve been watching the spread of Candida auris with great concern. This fungus can cause serious infection, pain, suffering, and even death — and people with weak immune systems are at...
by William Jester | Jun 28, 2022 | Community, News
Analyzing brain stem cells of patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Rutgers scientists have found evidence of irregularities in very early brain development that may contribute to the neuropsychiatric disorder. The findings support a concept scientists have...
by William Jester | Jun 27, 2022 | Community, News
Reporting in the journal Science Translational Medicine, scientists say two different so-called growth factors—naturally occurring substances that stimulate cell proliferation—activate in the airways of severe asthma patients as they inhale corticosteroids used as an...
