by William Jester | Dec 9, 2022 | Community, News
Rutgers scientists have developed a new approach to stopping viral infections: a so-called live-attenuated, replication-defective DNA virus vaccine that uses a compound known as centanamycin to generate an altered virus for vaccine development. The method was tested...
by Pamela Dahlen | Dec 8, 2022 | Community, News
Strategies for Engaging Communities in Research: NJ ACTS Biostatistics and Epidemiology Workshop Series Speaker: Dr. Kristen Krause, Ph.D., MPH December 8, 2022 2 pm This workshop is designed for anyone who is interested in learning about engaging different...
by Pamela Dahlen | Dec 8, 2022 | Community, News
Although New Jersey and federal law both prohibit merchants from selling tobacco to customers under the age of 21, a Rutgers study finds high rates of non-compliance. Underage buyers aged 18 to 20 visited tobacco retailers in New Jersey and successfully purchased...
by William Jester | Dec 8, 2022 | Community, News
On July 14, 2021, Bill Spadea, a popular talk-radio host on New Jersey station 101.5, shared with his listeners the news that the emergent Delta variant of Covid-19 wasn’t deadly. Two months later, Fox TV host Tucker Carlson broadcast the similarly encouraging news...
by William Jester | Dec 7, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Technology that reliably kills airborne viruses inside buildings could prevent most cases of cold and flu and could have saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Rutgers expert. Emanuel Goldman, professor of microbiology, biochemistry and...
