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‘There was no plan’: Throwing spaghetti at the wall to overcome Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy
In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends 12 wide-ranging strategies for communities to boost vaccine confidence and uptake, noting that while financial incentives can motivate people to take action, they’re not the only — or necessarily...
Vault Health Joins Forces with Rutgers University on Research into COVID-19 Immunity.
Vault Health today published a white paper detailing one of its first active clinical trials. The Live BASIC Trial is studying whether a combination of specific probiotics can help increase immune protection against COVID-19. The pilot clinical trial is being done in...
OPINION: It’s OK if your doctor says ‘I don’t know’
Patients look to their doctors to help them navigate the thorny questions that come with sickness and health. If you ask your doctor a question and that doctor admits to not having an answer, trust that this is a positive sign. After all, in acknowledging what they...
Biomarker discovery can lead to improved diagnosis and treatment of asthma and COPD.
Rutgers researchers have discovered that people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have a protein in their lungs that leaks a small molecule into their bloodstream that restricts their breathing instead of relaxing their airways. The findings,...
American Journal of Public Health Special Issue: Public Health 3.0 and Beyond: Incorporating Systemic Racism
A supplement to the AJPH is unmasking structural racism as the source of systemic inequities within health care and public health. Read the Full Article.
Princeton-led studies boost CRISPR gene-editing prospects.
Now, research from the laboratory of Princeton’s Britt Adamson, conducted together with collaborators led by Jonathan Weissman at MIT and Editas Medicine, details a novel method called Repair-seq that reveals how genome editing tools work. “We’ve known for a long time...
NJ ACTS Workforce Core Professional Training – Communicating Your Science: Focus on a Clear Message
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2021 @ 5PM NJ ACTS Workforce Core Professional Training-Communicating Your Science: Focus on a Clear Message. View Flyer and Register Here! Getting your research out to the general and scientific communities requires an ability to quickly distill...
NJ ACTS Clinical Research Webinar Series – Regulatory Requirements for the Academic Researcher
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2021 @ 1:00 - 2:30PM NJ ACTS Clinical Research Webinar Series - Regulatory Requirements for the Academic Researcher Participants will learn: An overview of regulatory requirements for clinical research from beginning to end Study start up,...