The CDI Experts: Butler and His Lab Investigate Blood Aging, Cancer
Blood is made of cells that sustain life, and virtually all biological processes. But as the blood cells start to…
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CDI Director Perlin Named to Modern Healthcare’s Class of Top 25 Innovators
Scientist’s nomination focused on COVID-19 response Hackensack Meridian Health is proud to announce that David S. Perlin, Ph.D., chief scientific…
Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health Programs at the CDI: A Note from Dr. Perlin
The CDI is committed to the real-time application of translational science to impact patients with infectious diseases. Currently, 10 principal…
CDI Scientists Integral Part of Decade-Long TB ‘Drug Accelerator’ Effort
Tuberculosis may not grab headlines in the developed world, but in the developing world it continues to kill an estimated…
Tracking COVID-19’s Next Chapter
The team of experts at the Center for Discovery and Innovation continue to use their skill set to better understand…
Hackensack Meridian CDI Scientists Awarded NIH Grant for $6.4 Million to Pursue TB Vaccine
Focus of the work is bolstering B-cell immunity to help body beat bacteria Scientists from the Hackensack Meridian Center for…
The CDI Experts: Xue and a Critical Pathway
Hai-Hui “Howard” Xue is an immunologist studying the incredibly complex symphony of T cells in the immune system. One molecule…
Hackensack Meridian CDI Scientists Discover New Tuberculosis Treatment Pathway
The compound TA-C is metabolized by TB bacteria – weakening the germ from within like a ‘Trojan horse’ attack Scientists…
Hackensack Meridian CDI Scientists Develop ‘CATCHER’ for Crucial Biomarkers
Tiny genetic markers, circulating in the blood, have shown great promise in diagnosing and treating disease. Yet identifying and harvesting these…
CDI in the News: Variant Surveillance and ‘Breakthrough’ Cases
Dr. David Perlin and the team at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) developed a high-throughput test…
Hackensack Meridian Health’s Center for Discovery and Innovation Develops Advanced Test to Track and Diagnose[...]
New rapid high-throughput test detects E484K COVID-19 mutation in hospital and care settings across New Jersey Experts at the Hackensack…
Hackensack Meridian Health Launches Anthology Diagnostics Laboratories for State-of-the-Art Lab Genomic Profiling of Cancers
Hackensack Meridian Health and Genomic Testing Cooperative (GTC) in Irvine, California, have teamed up to establish the first-of-its-kind genomic profiling laboratory called…
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Fight Against Drug Resistance Undermined by Lack of New Antibiotics
A lack of new antibiotics, along with declining investments worldwide, currently hinders the fight against rising drug-resistant infections, according to…
Novel Coronavirus Spreads in China, International Community Responds
A new coronavirus being compared to the SARS viral spread of 2003 continues to spread in a central Chinese province…
New Killer T Cell Discovered, Touted as Possible Universal Cancer Therapy
A new type of T-cell receptor which recognizes and kills most cancer types could be a “universal” cancer therapy, according…
Science, Less Smoking Lead to Largest Ever Single-Year Drop in Cancer Mortality
Decreases in smoking and medical breakthroughs have produced the largest-ever single-year drop in cancer mortality, according to a new report…
FDA Approves Ebola Vaccine in ‘Critical Milestone’
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Ervebo, the first such vaccine for the prevention of Ebola virus disease (EVD),…
Deadly fungus spreads in N.J. with more than 100 confirmed cases
A deadly drug-resistant fungus is spreading in New Jersey. Candida auris, which is typically found in healthcare facilities that take…
Why the huge surge in EEE cases?
From STAT News: Federal rules requiring quick sample disposal mean we may never know why there is the “massive” increase…
Winners of the 2019 Nobel Prize in medicine figured out how our cells adapt to[...]
From Apple News: This year’s Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to three scientists whose work focused on understanding how…
Stuart Levy, microbiologist who sounded alarm on antibiotic resistance, dies at 80
Stuart B. Levy, a physician and microbiologist who sounded the alarm on the dangers of antibiotic resistance, demonstrating that drugs…
Sustainable Discovery and Development of Antibiotics- Is a Nonprofit Approach the Future?
From The New England Journal of Medicine: Sustainable Discovery and Development of Antibiotics- Is a Nonprofit Approach the Future? Read…
Study on cannabis chemical as a treatment for pancreatic cancer
Study on cannabis chemical as a treatment for pancreatic cancer may have ‘major impact,’ Harvard researcher says… Read More
2 Ebola patients in Congo “cured” with drugs, say doctors
Top doctors fighting Ebola quickly used the case on Tuesday to press the message that people can recover from the…