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Donia lab finds oral and gut microbes can inactivate an antidiabetic drug
Acarbose is a commonly prescribed antidiabetic drug that helps control blood sugar levels by inhibiting human enzymes that break down complex carbohydrates. Now, new research from the laboratory of Princeton researcher Mohamed Donia demonstrates that some bacteria in...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Crystal's article in Preventive Medicine Reports titled, "Brief original report: Does smoking status provide information relevant to screening for other substance use among US adults?" Alcohol and drug use remain leading causes of morbidity and...
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...
From Lab to Jab: Rutgers–Camden Toxicologist Offers Confidence Booster for Unvaccinated Americans.
Just in the nick of time for the holidays, as families prepare to gather again in record numbers, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) panel unanimously endorsed Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 booster shots for all adults. However, nearly 1 in 5 people in...
Researchers Collaborate to Examine Disproportionate Threat of COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s Disease in Older African Americans.
Both COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s Disease have had devastating and disproportionate effects on African Americans. Three Rutgers University researchers seek to address important gaps in understanding not only the cognitive, neural, and immunological consequences of...
Long COVID in kids is a unique challenge, and a Rutgers team is part of a national effort to study it
RWJMS Pediatrician Lawrence C. Kleinman is studying how children, like adults, can experience “brain fog,” fatigue, and other lingering symptoms. While children are less likely than adults to experience severe COVID-19, they can have symptoms that linger for months. A...
Neuroscientist Michael Cole Uses Machine Learning and Predictive Modeling to Help Patients With Cognitive Deficits.
As a middle-schooler growing up in Napa, California, in the Bay Area, Associate Professor Michael W. Cole learned how to program his parents’ computer and went to tech expos with his father. As an undergraduate at University of California at Berkeley, he took computer...
Community Conversations: NJ voices from COVID-19
Interactive stories, art and artifacts from the pandemic: 2020-2021 In nearly 600 artifacts submitted over seven months, Community Conversations: New Jersey’s COVID-19 Storytelling Project compiled a multimedia time capsule for New Jersey in one of the greatest crises...