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‘We Didn’t Want to Sit Idle’: A Rush to Meet Pro Sports’ Testing Needs
In early March, as the coronavirus was spreading across the United States and testing capacity was already a problem, Bill Phillips had an idea. Phillips is the chief operating officer of a medical device company, Spectrum Solutions, that provides saliva test kits for...
Dr. Roepke awarded an R01 after participating in the NRMN-CAN Grant Writing Group hosted at Rutgers.
Dr. Troy Roepke, an Associate Professor of Animal Sciences in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, gains the most satisfaction out of mentoring students, at all levels, by providing an environment in which the thrill of scientific discovery and...
NIH Launches Clinical Trials Network to Test COVID-19 Vaccines and Other Prevention Tools
The COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) was formed by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the US National Institutes of Health to respond to the global pandemic. Using the infectious disease expertise of their existing research...
N.J.‘s opening and we’re driving more. Here’s how to keep your car clean of coronavirus.
Face it — even if you keep the inside of your vehicle as clean as the day it rolled out of the dealership, it can still be still a virus-ridden vehicle. We’re talking about the stuff that is unseen to the driver’s eye — the coronavirus that we’ve been battling for...
Asthma Does Not Seem to Increase the Severity of COVID-19
Asthma does not appear to increase the risk for a person contracting COVID-19 or influence its severity, according to a team of Rutgers researchers. “Older age and conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes...
Innovators Bootcamp 201, Intellectual Property and Licensing
On Monday July 13th, from 1pm-4pm, Rutgers Optimizes Innovation (RI) will be holding an Innovators Bootcamp. Intellectual property and licensing will be discussed by Tatiana Litvin-Vechnyak, PhD, the Associate Vice President of Innovation & Research...
How COVID-19 Sets Off a Deadly “Cytokine Storm” in Some Patients, According to Doctors
Perhaps one of the most confusing (and terrifying) things about COVID-19 is how suddenly the illness goes from mild to severe. While researchers are still studying and learning new things about the novel coronavirus virus every day, they still haven’t pieced together...
How to Stay Safe and Socialize During the Summer of COVID-19
Restrictions in New Jersey in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are being lifted, and people are beginning to get together with friends again as the number of cases in the state has slowed and stabilized. But what is safe to do when socializing and howlarge should...