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Princeton
Team Learns Why Some Drugs Pack Such a Punch
By studying the intricate
mechanisms at work in protein production, a Princeton-led
team has discovered why certain kinds of antibiotics are
so effective. In doing so, they also have discovered how
one protein protects against cell death, shedding light on
a natural cancer-fighting process. |
Altered
Gene Can Increase Risk of Schizophrenia
Rutgers resesearchers have
identified a specific DNA change that provides a potential
mechanism that may be a point of entry for drug therapy. |
Rutgers
Researchers Progress Toward AIDS Vaccine
Professors Eddy and Gail Ferstandig
Arnold Gail Ferstandig Arnold and Eddy Arnold may have turned
a corner in their search for a vaccine against HIV – the
virus responsible for AIDS. |
Team
Finds Breast Cancer Gene Linked to Disease Spread
A team of researchers at Princeton
University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has identified
a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to
40 percent of all breast cancer patients, spreading the disease,
resisting traditional chemotherapies and eventually leading
to death. |
Rutgers
Researchers Identify New Antibiotic Target and New Antibiotic
Mechanism
The findings may lead
to new broad-spectrum antibacterial agents effective
against bacterial pathogens resistant to current
antibiotics and could lead the way to new treatments
for tuberculosis. |
Nano-sized
Electronic Circuit Promises Bright View of Early Universe
Developed by physicsts at
Rutgers University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and
the State University of New York at Buffalo, the circuit
is 100 times smaller than the thickness of a human hair and
is an important step toward helping astronomers see invisible
light dating from the creation of the universe. |
Duckweed
Genome Sequencing Has Global Implications
At the urging of Rutgers scientists,
the Department of Energy's national laboratories will sequence
the genome of duckweed, a plant with tremendous potential
for cleaning up pollution, combating global warming and feeding
the world. |
Princeton
Researchers Map the Math in Music
Researchers including Dmitri
Tymoczko at Princeton University have devised a new way of
analyzing and categorizing music that takes advantage of
the deep, complex mathematics they see enmeshed in its very
fabric. |
Early
Clinical Trial Results Back New Drug for Melanoma
Rutgers University and The
Cancer Institute of New Jersey collaborated in a clinical
trial that found that riluzole, an FDA approved drug used
to treat Lou Gehrig’s disease, slows the growth of the most
aggressive form of malignant skin cancer. |
Celebrex-Lipitor
Combo May Halt Prostate Cancer
Rutgers researchers have shown
that administering a combination of the widely used drugs
Celebrex and Lipitor stops the transition of early prostate
cancer to its more aggressive and potentially fatal stage. |
Rutgers
Research: Impairments in Language Development Can Begin
in Infants as Young as Three Months
New studies conducted at Rutgers-Newark
are revealing new and exciting clues about how infant brains
begin to acquire language and pave the way for correcting
language difficulties even before the child learns to talk. |
Protein
Data Bank at Rutgers & UCSD Archives 50,000th Molecule
Structure
The Protein Data Bank
based at Rutgers University and the University of
California-San Diego is an online library that allows
researchers and students to study, store and share
molecular information on a global scale. |
Rutgers
Research Reveals How Food Poisoning and Bioterrorism
Toxins Could Be Tamed
New insights into how the
plant toxin ricin kills cells could help scientists develop
drugs to counteract poisonings. |
Rutgers
Center Sparks 'Liquid Bandage,' A New Frontline Wound
Treatment
The Center for Military Biomaterials
Research, part of the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials
at Rutgers University, has enabled the development of a breakthrough
spray-on dressing that marks a major advance in the management
and care of combat casualty and civilian wounds. |
Rutgers,
Penn State Astronomy Teams Discover Ancestors of Milky
Way-Type Galaxies
The researchers say
that discovering these ancient objects, some of the
first galaxies ever to form, is akin to finding a
key fossil in the path of human evolution. |
Princeton
Scientists Discover New Route for Heredity
A group of scientists in Princeton's
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has uncovered
a new biological mechanism that could provide a clearer window
into a cell's inner workings. |
Rutgers
Neuroscience May Hold Key To Hearing Loss Remedy
The findings of a team of
Rutgers University scientists could lead to a new generation
of cochlear implants. |
Princeton
Scientists Break Cholera's Lines of Communication
A team of Princeton
scientists has discovered a key mechanism in how
bacteria communicate with each other, a pivotal breakthrough
that could lead to treatments for cholera and other
bacterial diseases. |
Rutgers
Biomaterial Debuts in Clinical Trials of New Stent
The revolutionary material
allows the creation of coronary stents that are strong enough
to support diseased blood vessels during the healing process,
but subsequently dissolve, leaving the patient free of permanent
implants. |
UMDNJ
Research Examines Diabetes, Vision Loss in African Americans
African Americans with type
1 diabetes have a greater chance of vision loss according
to a physician at the University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School who conducted a six-year
study. Dr. Monique S. Roy of the Institute of Ophthalmology
and Visual Science was the lead investigator, teaming up
Joan Skurnick, PhD at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Department
of Preventive Medicine & Community Health, to determine the
incidence of visual loss and associated risk factors in African
Americans with type 1 diabetes mellitus. |
Soda
Warning? New Study Supports Link Between Diabetes, High-Fructose
Corn Syrup
A Rutgers food scientist and
his colleagues have found new evidence that soft drinks sweetened
with high-fructose corn syrup may contribute to the development
of diabetes, particularly in children. |
Rutgers
Scientists Preserve and Protect Foods Naturally
Rutgers chemists and food
scientists use natural antimicrobial agents derived from
sources such as cloves, oregano, thyme and paprika to prevent
food contamination and spoilage. |
UMDNJ
Researcher's Work on Nitroglycerin Tolerance Published
A researcher at The
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New
Jersey Medical School may have unlocked the secret
to why patients with some types of cardiovascular
diseases become resistant to the blood vessel-relaxing
effect of nitric oxide. |
Locked
in Glaciers, Ancient Microbes May Return to Life
According to researchers at
Rutgers and Boston University, the DNA of ancient microorganisms,
long frozen in glaciers, may return to life as the glaciers
melt. |
Rutgers
Scientists Discover Brain Cell Development Process Implicated
in Mental Retardation
The discovery of this biological
process in brain cell development may lead to the development
of therapies that can reduce certain forms of retardation. |
Cell
Publishes UMDNJ Research on Lifespan, Stress
If a pill was available
to help you live longer, prevent heart disease, prevent
osteoporosis, and allow you to eat more and still
weigh less, would you take it? A mammalian study
on lifespan and stress resistance was conducted by
researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey (UMDNJ)-New Jersey Medical School (NJMS),
who were recently awarded a $10 million grant from
the National Institute on Aging. The findings of
the study will be published in the July 27th edition
of Cell, an internationally acclaimed scientific
journal. |
UMDNJ
Research Finds Sleep Apnea Link with Pregnancy-Induced
Diabetes, High Blood Pressure
A study presented at the American
Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference by a UMDNJ
researcher found that when the women’s weight was taken into
account, sleep apnea was associated with a doubling of the
incidence of gestational diabetes and a fourfold increase
in the risk of pregnancy-induced hypertension. |
UMDNJ
Research on Lead Poisoning, Vitamin D Deficiency Published
Outcomes of a study conducted
by researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey demonstrate that the season of the year, age
and race are factors that affect blood lead levels and vitamin
D deficiency in children who live in urban areas. Findings
from this study are published in a recent edition of Environmental
Health Perspectives. In the article, 'Elevated Blood Lead
Concentrations and Vitamin D Deficiency in Winter and Summer
in Young Urban Children,' researchers at the UMDNJ-New Jersey
Medical School found that young African-American children
were more likely to be deficient in vitamin D and have higher
blood lead levels when compared with their Hispanic counterparts. |
UMDNJ
Scientists Discover Possible Source of Alzheimer’s Disease
and Pathway to Treatment
Researchers at the
UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine have announced
the results of innovative research that has pinpointed
a major source of the amyloid beta peptides that
deposit in the brains of individuals affected by
Alzheimer’ s disease and are considered to be a hallmark
of the disease. |
Rutgers
Engineers Develop Process to Recycle Unused Paint
Engineers at Rutgers
have developed a process to recycle waste latex paint
-- the largest component of household hazardous waste
-- by blending it with common plastics. |
UMDNJ
Study Links Day of Admission, Mortality Rate for Heart
Attack Patients
Researchers at University
of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School report that patients with myocardial infarction
(heart attack) who were admitted to a hospital on a weekend
experienced higher mortality rates than patients who were
admitted for the same diagnosis on a weekday. |
UMDNJ
Study Finds Repair of Neonatal Brain Injury from Adult
Stem Cells
Neuroscientists at
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School have discovered that
the neonatal brain possesses a previously unknown
capacity to replace damaged neurons in multiple brain
regions. |
UMDNJ's
Cancer Institute Investigates Potential Prostate Cancer
Vaccine
Researchers at The
Cancer Institute of New Jersey are currently investigating
a new way to help prevent prostate cancer from reoccurring
through the development of a vaccine for the disease. |
UMDNJ,
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Study Finds More Obese
Teens Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
At a time when there are growing
concerns about a national epidemic of obesity among teenagers,
a new study focusing on morbidly obese teens who have last
resort bariatric surgery has found that the procedure poses
no greater risks for them than for adult patients, and that,
in fact, they have a zero death rate and a faster rate of
recovery than older patients. |
UMDNJ
Study Finds Chinese Herb Reduces Hypertension
More than 70 million Americans
over age 20 have hypertension, a chronic disease which is
indicated by an elevated arterial blood pressure that measures
higher than 120/80 mmHg. If left untreated, hypertension
can result in heart attack, stroke, or kidney disease. While
medications are often prescribed to control hypertension,
researchers at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey believe a Chinese herb can effectively reduce
hypertension. The outcomes of the complementary and alternative
medicine study, which was conducted at the University of
Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, is available online
and will be published in the May edition of the American
Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology. |
Uric
Acid Holds Potential For Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
Rutgers researchers find that
uric acid, commonly associated with the painful joint disease
known as gout, can also play a crucial role in the treatment
of spinal cord injury and other central nervous system disorders |
Rutgers-based
Team Says Icelandic Volcano Caused Historic Famine in
Egypt
Using a computer model developed by NASA, a
group of Rutgers-based researchers have established a link
between high-latitude volcanic eruptions and the water supply
in North Africa. |
Rutgers
Oceanographer Says Phosphorus Joins Nitrogen as a Culprit
in Gulf of Mexico's 'Dead Zone'
The heavy use of fertilizers containing nitrogen
and phosphorus in the agriculture of the Mississippi Valley
has thrown the system out of balance, creating a growing “dead
zone” off the Louisiana coast where there is too little dissolved
oxygen to sustain most life. |
Rutgers
Researchers Find Increased Clouds and Humidity Hasten
Shrinkage of Arctic Icecap
Their analysis of 26 years of satellite data
show that a thicker blanket of clouds and water vapor is covering
the Arctic in spring and summer, trapping heat and moisture
and speeding up the melting of the Arctic icecap. |
Dr.
Jerry Luftman Releases Results of 2006 CIO Survey
Although information technology budgets and
resources continue to grow, important organizational problems
in the function remain and may even be worsening, according
to a major new survey of chief information officers. |
Princeton
study shows rapid loss of Spanish language among Mexican
immigrants in the United States
A new study co-written by Douglas Massey, the
Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at
the Woodrow Wilson School, refutes claims that Latin American
immigrants to the United States are jeopardizing the country's
English-speaking identity. |
Princeton
Researchers reveal 'extremely serious' vulnerabilities
in e-voting machines
A group of Princeton computer scientists said
they created demonstration vote-stealing software that can
be installed within a minute on a common electronic voting
machine. |
UMDNJ
Research Published on Low Birthweight/Asthma in Urban
Settings
The outcomes from a study about the association
between low birthweight and asthma in urban environments
are published in the September 2006 issue of American
Journal of Public Health.
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