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Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the New Jersey Department of Health formalized a partnership that brought a member of the medical school’s faculty in as medical director of the laboratory. The lab oversees clinical diagnostic and surveillance testing; improvement service, which handles inspections and protocol compliance; and testing drinking water and groundwater, as well as handling environmental evaluations of pollutants, toxins, and heavy metals. Te director also supervises the testing of medicinal marijuana.

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Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey shows improved overall survival at five years for pediatric patients with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma when treated with chemotherapy followed by radiotherapy versus chemotherapy alone.

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Investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute have uncovered that some mutations detected with targeted genome sequencing of patients with solid tumors are a result of a group of hematologic malignancies known as myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN). This discovery may have direct implications for treating cancer patients who may have a solid tumor as well as a MPN.

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Study suggests that the oral medication Gabapentin can reduce pain and increase sexual desire and satisfaction

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Rutgers Cancer Institute experts share more about the importance of preventative screenings for colorectal and lung cancers.

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Astrophysicists are keen to learn why the sun’s corona is so hot. Scientists at PPPL have completed research that may advance the search.

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New research from scientists at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research shows that some individuals whose bodies metabolize ibuprofen more slowly – causing the drug to be present at higher levels than intended – intuitively self-correct their dose without knowing their genetic makeup.

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Dr. Anthony Tobia, a – psychiatrist at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School explains why the Grinch stole Christmas, and uses holiday stories to study symptoms of mental illness in his psychology courses at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and on his Psychology Today blog.

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The American Neurological Association (ANA), the professional organization representing the nation’s top academic neurologists and neuroscientists, today released a list of the most-accessed articles of 2018 in its Annals of Neurology and Annals of Clinical & Translational Neurology (ACTN).

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Though red wolves were declared extinct in the wild by 1980, a team of biologists has found their DNA in a group of canines living on Galveston Island off the coast of Texas.

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When it comes to flirting, animals know how to put on a show. In the bird world, males often go to great lengths to attract female attention, like peacocks shaking their tail feathers and manakins performing complex dance moves. These behaviors often stimulate multiple senses, making them hard for biologists to quantify.

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Feature describes research of three PPPL physicists who have won the laboratory's 2018 outstanding research awards

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What’s the best way to give gifts this holiday season? Should you do it anonymously? Does your motivation matter? If these sound like philosophical questions, don’t fear. Larry Temkin, Distinguished Professor in Rutgers University–New Brunswick’s philosophy department in the School of Arts and Sciences and an expert on ethics, draws on many centuries of philosophical thought on gift-giving to suggest nine points worth thinking about this holiday season.

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Recent study finds text-based counseling may help decrease HIV risk among stigmatized European community.

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Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of new research describing a method to predict generic entry of top-selling drugs and a formal assessment of its accuracy.

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Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced today the publication of new research finding that of 20 quality of life (QoL) instruments tested, only two (KIDSCREEN and KINDL) are recommended for service providers to measure the QoL of children with a disability.

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Value in Health Regional Issues, the regionally focused online journal of ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of a series of 4 articles describing current drug policy in Estonia, Romania, Greece, and the Russian Federation.

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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey is leading a research study aimed at improving skin cancer protection behaviors in young adults through an online intervention.

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The ghosts of harvesting can haunt today’s conservation efforts. Conserving or overharvesting a renewable resource like fish or other wildlife is often determined by habits and past decisions, according to a Rutgers-led study that challenges conventional expectations that the collapse of fast-growing natural resources is unlikely.

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To meet a need for diversity in the profession, the physician assistant program at Rutgers altered the way it recruits and educates students.

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Article describes INCITE award of major time on three supercomputers to PPPL-let team to study the complex edge of fusion plasmas.

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A team of Rutgers scientists have taken an important step toward the goal of making diseased hearts heal themselves – a new model that would reduce the need for bypass surgery, heart transplants or artificial pumping devices.

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A Rutgers University poison control expert is available to discuss the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s warning about the dangers of tasting raw cookie dough.

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What if, instead of turning up the thermostat, you could warm up with high-tech, flexible patches sewn into your clothes – while significantly reducing your electric bill and carbon footprint? Engineers at Rutgers and Oregon State University have found a cost-effective way to make thin, durable heating patches by using intense pulses of light to fuse tiny silver wires with polyester. Their heating performance is nearly 70 percent higher than similar patches created by other researchers, according to a Rutgers-led study in Scientific Reports.

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Julia and Cameron were born with cystic fibrosis (CF), an inherited, chronic, progressive disease that affects respiratory and pancreatic function. Both artists and athletes, they refuse to let the disease define their lives, and consider themselves integral partners in the care they receive at the comprehensive Cystic Fibrosis Center at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, one of only three accredited CF centers in New Jersey. In 2016, the CF Center ranked highest nationally and in New Jersey in a composite score for lung function and nutritional status.

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Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced today the publication of new research showing that the lowest priced generic drugs are at a substantially elevated risk of experiencing a drug shortage, and that periods of drug shortages are associated with only modest increases in drug prices.

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Value in Health announced the publication of new research showing that the Diabetes Medication System Rating Questionnaire and the Diabetes Medication System Rating Questionnaire-Short Form are the preferred survey instruments for measuring medication satisfaction in patients with type 2 diabetes using oral therapy in clinical trials.

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Rutgers recently became a partner in an innovative center – funded with a $5.2 million National Science Foundation grant – to translate the importance of scientific research to the general public.

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Rutgers scientists have found a compound in coffee that may team up with caffeine to fight Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia – two progressive and currently incurable diseases associated with brain degeneration.

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Anthropology professor R. Brian Ferguson's new research counters what many scientists and scholars have long believed: that brutal, bloodthirsty behavior is part of our DNA. Ferguson argues, however, that there is no scientific proof that we have an inherent propensity to take up arms and collectively kill.

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Feature describes striking similarity of laboratory research findings with observations of the four-satellite Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission that studies magnetic reconnection in space.

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Profile of Steve Cowley, new director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory whom the Queen of England knighted in October.

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Research shows an immune response to parasitic intestinal worms provides new insights into possible treatments for the deadly disease