Surgeons who observe persistent fluid buildup after disconnecting epileptic and healthy brain areas should think twice before installing low-pressure nonprogrammable drainage shunts, according to a study coauthored by Rutgers pediatric and epilepsy neurosurgeon Yasunori Nagahama that found chronic headaches could result from these procedures.
Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have identified immune cells in the intestine that are needed to prevent inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as colitis and Crohn’s disease, which affect three million people in the United States.
Rutgers scientists have developed a lab test that can quickly and easily identify which variant of the virus causing COVID-19 has infected a person, an advance expected to greatly assist health officials tracking the disease and physicians treating infected patients.
Efforts to reform the criminal justice system will get a long overdue look at fees and fines, thanks to a groundbreaking project bringing together Rutgers University–Camden and Drexel University researchers. The project is supported by a $1.5 million grant from Arnold Ventures and $45,000 from the City of Philadelphia.
A Rutgers researcher will use genomics, genetics, and cell biology to identify and understand the corals’ response to heat stress conditions and to pinpoint master regulatory genes involved in coral bleaching due to global warming and climate change. The research team will use a novel gene-editing tool, as a resource to knock down some gene functions with the goal of boosting the corals’ abilities to survive.
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and intensified issues of access to high-quality early childhood education, leading to sharp declines in enrollment and state funding during the 2020-2021 school year, according to the 2021 State of Preschool Yearbook report by the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education.
Rachael Winfree, a professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, and a widely published, renowned expert in bee populations, discussed biodiversity and some of the issues arising from the UN conference, occurring from April 25 - May 8 in Kunming, China, with Rutgers Today.
