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5-Dec-2013 1:00 PM EST
Cockroach Never Seen Before in U.S. Is Identified in New York
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A species of cockroach never found in the United States before has been positively identified in Manhattan. Unlike the roaches that New York residents have known and hated for years, this variety can survive not just indoors where it’s warm, but also outdoors in freezing temperatures. The species Periplaneta japonica is well documented in Asia but was never confirmed in the United States until Rutgers insect biologists Jessica Ware and Dominic Evangelista documented its presence in a study just published by the Journal of Economic Entomology.

Released: 4-Dec-2013 11:40 AM EST
Hot Topic: Putting the Brakes on Home Genetic Testing
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Scott Diehl is director of the Center for Pharmacogenomics and Complex Disease Research at the Rutgers School of Dental Medicine in Newark, N.J., and a longtime critic of tests such as 23andMe. Diehl says ordering the test off the market was the right decision.

Released: 21-Nov-2013 9:30 AM EST
Helping Our Heroes: Department of Defense Expands Military Support Program Based at Rutgers
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Military support line expands to include all active duty service members and their families no matter where they are.

Released: 28-Oct-2013 3:25 PM EDT
Drowsy Driving an Increasing Hazard Say Rutgers Medical Experts
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Sleep deprivation and darkness can cause drivers to doze when they believe they are alert

Released: 28-Oct-2013 10:00 AM EDT
Rutgers Medical Students Study Art to Improve Patient Care
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Rutgers University's Art History and English departments will begin an innovative humanities course at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School teaching art history and creative writing to medical students with the goal of improving their diagnostic and communication skills.

Released: 25-Sep-2013 11:00 AM EDT
Poisonous Mushrooms Pose Danger as More People Forage for Locally Grown Food, Rutgers Experts Say
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Nationwide, thousands are sickened—some seriously—and many die after consuming mushrooms they picked in the wild that they did not know were poisonous. Rutgers experts explain how to keep people and animals safe.

19-Sep-2013 1:20 PM EDT
Drug is Found to Eradicate HIV Permanently from Infected Cells
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The anti-fungal drug Ciclopirox causes HIV-infected cells to commit suicide by jamming up the cells’ powerhouse, the mitochondria, according to a study by researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. And unlike current anti-HIV drugs, Ciclopirox completely eradicates infectious HIV from cell cultures, with no rebound of virus when the drug is stopped.

Released: 23-Sep-2013 1:25 PM EDT
Rutgers Biomedical Engineering Students Work with University Physicians to Advance Technologies to Make Surgery Safer, More Efficient
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New technologies for improved surgical tools or systems that speed access to time-sensitive pathology reports may well come from undergraduates working side-by-side with physicians in teaching labs and operating rooms. Such novel ideas spring from a novel program in which Rutgers biomedical engineering students gain real-world perspective by interacting with Robert Wood Johnson Medical School faculty and teaching-hospital physicians.

Released: 11-Sep-2013 3:00 PM EDT
Weighty Decisions: Rutgers’ Nutritional Sciences Experts Offer Some Tips for First-Year Students
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Rutgers’ nutritional sciences experts offer some tips for first-year students.

3-Sep-2013 9:30 AM EDT
Multiple Sclerosis Appears to Originate in Different Part of Brain than Long Believed
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There is important new physical evidence that most research on the origins of multiple sclerosis has focused on the wrong part of the brain. Until now, most investigation has focused on the brain's white matter, where degradation of myelin that coats nerves occurs. But advanced analysis of cerebrospinal fluid via proteomics and high-resolution mass spectrometry, unattainable until recently, reveals proteins linked to gray matter in patients with newly discovered cases of MS ... pointing to gray matter as a critical initial target as MS develops.

Released: 9-Sep-2013 3:00 PM EDT
Turning to Parasites as Potential Disease Fighters
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In Nature Reviews Immunology, William Gause of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and colleagues have described exciting progress in harnessing the human immune system's reaction to the presence of parasitic worms, as a way to lessen susceptibility to type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, as well as for use in promoting wound healing.

Released: 4-Sep-2013 10:45 AM EDT
Why Energy Drinks Are Harming Children, Adolescents
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Experts from NJ Poison Control discuss the dangers of children and teens consuming energy drinks

29-Aug-2013 4:00 PM EDT
Multiple Mutations Often Needed to Make TB Bacteria Drug Resistant
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The gene mutation process that creates drug resistance in a tuberculosis-causing bacterium often requires more than one step. It is not just a single mutation, but a series, according to research led by Dr. David Alland of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

Released: 3-Jul-2013 1:20 PM EDT
New Jersey Medical School, PAREXEL Collaborate to Optimize Clinical Trial Services
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Rutgers New Jersey Medical School (NJMS) has been selected by PAREXEL International Corporation, a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, as a Key Alliance Site. This status will give NJMS ongoing long-term access to clinical trial opportunities through PAREXEL’s broad client base in the pharmaceutical industry.

Released: 20-Jun-2013 4:55 PM EDT
Research Suggests “Good” Bacteria Can Battle “Bad” Bacteria in Eye Infections
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Like animal predators attacking their prey, some bacteria consume and kill other bacteria. Scientists report progress in putting predator microbes to work, attacking antibiotic resistant bacteria that cause infections that lead to blindness.

Released: 18-Jun-2013 10:00 AM EDT
Researchers Find New Approach to Battling Tuberculosis
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A research team led by David Alland, MD, of UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, has discovered a drug that cripples tuberculosis bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) in a novel way, by dissolving the protecting fatty coating of the bacteria. The drug killed the bacterium in culture without the emergence of drug resistance.

Released: 13-Jun-2013 1:00 PM EDT
Expert Available for Supreme Court Decision on Gene Patenting
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Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Ph.D., at the UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School published research in March on gene patents and an op-ed in the Washington Post arguing against the the patenting of human genes.

Released: 11-Jun-2013 11:00 AM EDT
Better Care for People with Dementia: New UMDNJ YouTube Channel Helps Family and Professional Caregivers
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People afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia have a profound need for harmony and often exhibit behavioral issues when they are experiencing internal chaos. To assist caregivers—both family and professional—with creating an atmosphere of harmony, the staff at the Comprehensive Services on Aging (COPSA) Institute for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey has produced a series of free educational videos, available on the COPSAEducation YouTube channel (http://bit.ly/13YCWUD)

Released: 30-May-2013 2:00 PM EDT
UMDNJ Researcher Receives Prestigious Grant to Investigate Fungal Lung Infection
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Amariliz Rivera, PhD, of UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, has received a prestigious grant from the Feldstein Medical Foundation to study the immune system's reaction to fungal infections of the lung. Her goal is to use knowledge gained as a foundation for new therapies that harness the immune system to control those infections.

Released: 28-May-2013 5:00 PM EDT
First Heat Wave of Season Puts Elderly at Risk
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Heat-related illnesses disproportionately affect the elderly and the first heatwave of the season can have a particularly acute impact. A geriatrician explains why and lists steps to keep elderly neighbors and relatives safe.

16-Apr-2013 12:00 PM EDT
Some Visible Signs of Lyme Disease Are Easily Missed or Mistaken
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With Lyme disease season now beginning, doctors are urged to consider Lyme disease as the underlying cause when presented with skin lesions that resemble conditions such as contact dermatitis, lupus, common skin infections, or insect or spider bites, especially where Lyme disease is endemic. New analysis establishes patients with those symptoms, rather than the classic Lyme "bulls-eye" lesion, to have been infected with the Lyme bacterium.

Released: 9-Apr-2013 2:00 PM EDT
Study Reveals Function of 1000's of Autoantibodies in Blood
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Research suggests a new immunology frontier with evidence that blood contains 1,000's of autoantibodies that bind specifically to antigens from all over the body, clear cellular debris from injury and disease and vary by age, gender and disease state.

20-Mar-2013 12:00 PM EDT
Faster, Smarter and Cheaper Drug Discovery
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A team led by Sean Ekins at Collaborative Drug Discovery in Burlingame, Cal., and Joel Freundlich at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School has trained computers to sift through drug libraries and pick out compounds likely to clobber TB with minimal side effects to humans. They have ‘taught’ the computers to understand which chemical features of a drug are associated with efficacy against TB and which are associated with toxicity to mammalian cells. The process may lead to much less trial and error in finding new therapies. The computers even rediscovered a compound reported 40 years ago to have anti-TB activity but since forgotten.

Released: 11-Mar-2013 2:50 PM EDT
Drug Shows Potential to Delay Onset or Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease
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An anti-atherosclerosis drug greatly reduced blood-brain barrier (BBB) leaks in animal models with diabetes and hypercholesterolemia and linked BBB permeability with amyloid peptide deposits at the site of early Alzheimer's pathology.

Released: 28-Feb-2013 3:20 PM EST
Biochemist Awarded $1.5 Million Grant from NIH
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A UMDNJ biochemist has received a $1.5 million NIH grant for research into the molecular mechanisms that can control or change the steps involved in the transcription initiation in mitochondrial gene expression.

Released: 8-Feb-2013 10:45 AM EST
Expert Urges National Dialogue to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse
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To help children avoid the physical and mental consequences of sexual abuse, an internationally known child advocate and expert in prevention and treatment provides personal space and privacy messages pediatricians and parents can use.

Released: 6-Feb-2013 11:35 AM EST
UMDNJ Peer Support Helpline for Mothers of Children with Special Needs Announces Statewide Expansion
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Partnership with Department of Children and Families broadens reach of Mom2Mom peer support program to all New Jersey families with special needs children.

Released: 24-Jan-2013 5:05 PM EST
Center Receives Grant to Develop Blood Test for MCI
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The Biomarker Discovery Center at UMDNJ-SOM has received a $799,800 grant from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation to develop a blood test that can diagnose mild cognitive impairment caused by early-stage Alzheimer’s disease.

Released: 15-Jan-2013 10:45 AM EST
New Paths Explored for Curbing Genetic Malfunctions
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A research team led by Arkady Mustaev, PhD, of the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, has published a study posted online by the Journal of Biological Chemistry, that describes an effort by the investigators to understand the underlying mechanisms of high precision (fidelity) of RNA synthesis by RNA polymerase, the major enzyme that promotes the transcription process. They attempted to influence the role of active center tuning (ACT) –- a mechanism they first identified -- in the process of transcription fidelity, which is the accurate copying of genetic information.

Released: 9-Jan-2013 1:45 PM EST
A Rapid Test for Fungus That Caused Injection Deaths Is Announced
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A rapid detection assay has been developed to Exserhilum rostratum, the fungus primarily responsible for 39 deaths among patients injected last year with a contaminated steroid medication. The test can be used both for patient samples and for detection of contamination in lots of medication.

Released: 2-Jan-2013 1:55 PM EST
N.J. Department of Human Services Partners with UMDNJ to Launch Expanded Crisis Counseling to Superstorm Sandy Survivors
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New Jersey Department of Human Services partners with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey to provide crisis counseling to survivors of Hurricane Sandy.

Released: 2-Jan-2013 1:00 PM EST
Medical School Establishes Biomarker Discovery Center
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A newly established Biomarker Discovery Center at the UMDNJ-School of Osteopathic Medicine will build on progress by the school's researchers toward the use of blood-borne biomarkers to diagnose and treat many types of disease.

19-Dec-2012 10:30 AM EST
First Use of a Gene Therapy Shows Promise Against Fatal Childhood Disease
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There are promising results from the first-ever use of a virus-based gene therapy for a neurodegenerative/neurological disorder. The therapy was given to 19 young patients with Canavan disease, a devastating inherited childhood condition.

Released: 17-Dec-2012 2:45 PM EST
Rise in New Jersey Autism Prevalence Is Documented in New Study
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In a study of 58 communities in four New Jersey counties, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence is found to have risen from 10.6 per thousand in 2002, to 17.4 per thousand in 2006.

Released: 12-Dec-2012 3:15 PM EST
UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions Launches State’s Only Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance Masters and Certificate Program
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Pioneering online course to train professionals in an expanding health field. The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey–School of Health Related Professions (UMDNJ-SHRP) has announced a new online Masters degree program in Clinical Trial Sciences—Drug Safety & Pharmacovigilance, the only such degree offered in New Jersey and one of just a few across the nation training professionals in this growing health field.

Released: 10-Dec-2012 3:50 PM EST
UMDNJ Professor Receives N.J. Public Health Association’s Highest Honor
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The New Jersey Public Health Association (NJPHA) has announced that Stanley H. Weiss, MD, a professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ-NJMS), is this year’s recipient of the Dennis J. Sullivan Award, the association’s highest honor. In addition, a fourth-year medical student at UMDNJ-NJMS, James Zasadzinski, is receiving the association’s Ronald Altman Student/Resident Award, and Usman A. Khan, a first-year MPH candidate at UMDNJ-School of Public Health, is a recipient of the association’s President’s Award.

Released: 6-Nov-2012 10:25 AM EST
Children, Teens at Risk for Lasting Emotional Impact From Hurricane Sandy
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The unseen emotional aftershocks of Hurricane Sandy may linger for children who were in the storm's path. A noted psychologist discusses why children may experience PTSD and how parents and caregivers can help.

Released: 5-Nov-2012 1:00 PM EST
Don’t Overlook Health Risks during Hurricane Clean-up, Physician Warns
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There are a host of post-hurricane health concerns as residents begin cleaning up or returning to their homes that could cause minor injuries or chronic illnesses to quickly intensify to the point of becoming life-threatening.

Released: 26-Oct-2012 2:25 PM EDT
SJ Healthcare becomes Major Clinical Affiliate of UMDNJ-SOM
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South Jersey Healthcare and UMDNJ-SOM have signed an agreement designating the medical center as a major clinical affiliate of the medical school, expanding medical education and helping to ease the physician shortage in the region.

Released: 26-Oct-2012 11:55 AM EDT
$2.96 Million Grant to Study Impact of Air Pollution on TB Immunity
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An international team, led by a UMDNJ researcher, has received a $2.96 million grant for a "real-world" study of the impact of urban air pollution on the immune system’s ability to resist the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB).

Released: 22-Oct-2012 3:25 PM EDT
Probiotics Are Found to Be a Secret Weapon for Fighting Symptoms of the Common Cold in College Students
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A team of researchers at UMDNJ-School of Health Related Professions publish a study in the British Journal of Nutrition that finds probiotic supplementation can reduce the severity and duration of colds and upper-respiratory infections in college students.

Released: 19-Oct-2012 10:50 AM EDT
Dr. Stuart D. Cook of UMDNJ Named by Governor to State Multiple Sclerosis Task Force
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Stuart D. Cook, MD, Professor of Neurosciences at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School (UMDNJ-NJMS), a past president of UMDNJ and a distinguished researcher and clinician in the area of Multiple Sclerosis, has been nominated by Governor Chris Christie to serve on the newly formed New Jersey Multiple Sclerosis Task Force. The Task Force, created by a law passed by the State Legislature and signed this past January by the Governor, is charged with responsibilities that include identifying the unmet needs of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and working toward providing greater access to treatments and other therapeutic options that might be available.

Released: 19-Oct-2012 9:45 AM EDT
UMDNJ-New Jersey Dental School’s “From Practice to Preceptor” Program Begins
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Dentists begin studies in this innovative program that seeks to abate the nationwide shortage of dental faculty.

Released: 18-Oct-2012 11:00 AM EDT
Prestigious National Honor for UMDNJ Nursing Leaders
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Susan W. Salmond, EdD, RN, CNE, FAAN, dean and professor of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) School of Nursing, and MaryKamienski, PhD, APRN-C, FAEN, FAAN, an associate professor and chairperson of the school’s Primary Care Department, have just received one of the highest distinctions in the nursing profession. Both were inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on October 13.

Released: 15-Oct-2012 2:25 PM EDT
Cop2Cop Helpline Recognized by National Police Defense Foundation for Service to Law Enforcement Personnel
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Cop2Cop Helpline and program director Cherie Castellano recognized by National Police Defense Foundation for service to law enforcement personnel. Cop2Cop is the country’s only legislated, statewide police crisis intervention helpline, managed by UMDNJ-UBHC in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Human Services. Cop2Cop remains the only certified police helpline accredited by the American Association of Suicidology. Cop2Cop is also a certified trainer of the best practice gatekeeper model – Question, Persuade and Refer (QPR) – for law enforcement and has provided that training to more than 4,000 officers to date.

Released: 11-Oct-2012 3:00 PM EDT
Are You Prepared to Face Terror and Disaster?
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Distinguished emergency preparedness experts at UMDNJ offer tips for the public.

Released: 4-Oct-2012 1:00 PM EDT
UMDNJ Researcher Mona Batish Earns Special NIH Award
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Mona Batish, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, is one of 14 scientists nationwide who have received the 2012 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Early Independence Award.

Released: 4-Oct-2012 12:30 PM EDT
Mom2Mom Peer Support Program Receives Community Change Awardfrom the New Jersey Black Issues Convention
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Helpline for mothers of children with special needs receives award for service to the black community.



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