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Help us learn about corona virus infection.
Are you worried that you or your family might get coronavirus infection (called COVID-19)? Are you someone who wants to be of service during a global emergency? Consider taking part in an important and timely research study at Rutgers. Researchers at Rutgers...
Rutgers’ lab works on a coronavirus test that could produce results in 45 minutes
Dr. David Alland, director of Rutgers’ Public Health Research Institute and chief of infectious diseases at New Jersey Medical School, is currently working with a new coronavirus test that may be able to produce results within 45 minutes. He joins “Squawk Box” to...
6th International Computational Psychiatry Course in Zurich
Registration has opened for the Computational Psychiatry Course 2020 in Zurich.This course is designed to provide students across fields (neuroscience, psychiatry, physics, biology, psychology....) with the necessary toolkit to master challenges in computational...
Is Precision Medicine Widening Cancer Care Disparities in Latino Populations?
The Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Experience. While the potential benefit of precision medicine is substantial, research has shown that its implementation in the Latino population is limited. At the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (RCINJ), during...
In Camden, Hopes That Free Fentanyl Test Strips Will Reduce Overdose Deaths
The morning 28-year-old Christian Alessi died of an overdose in his Camden County home —after almost three years in recovery, it’s likely he didn’t know he’d used fentanyl. Christian’s mother, Judy, said her son had told friends he was afraid of the powerful synthetic...
Help us learn about corona virus infection.
Are you worried that you or your family might get coronavirus infection (called COVID-19)? Are you someone who wants to be of service during a global emergency? Consider taking part in an important and timely research study at Rutgers. Researchers at Rutgers...
Is It Fair to Impose Risk on Others?
In this NJ.com op-ed, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences philosophy professor Alexander Guerrero says we gamble with each other's lives if we don't practice social distancing. To read the full article.
Rutgers Researchers Evaluate New Rapid COVID-19 Test
A Rutgers research team has completed the first evaluation of a new rapid COVID-19 test given emergency approval by the FDA. The test, developed by CEPHEID, a U.S. molecular diagnostics company, is fast and easy to perform without the need for a centralized...