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Amino acids signaling controls whole-body glucose homeostasis, study shows
Amino acids are a major nutrient type for humans and are used as building blocks and a source of energy for cells. Amino acids have also recently been recognized as chemical signals that control cell growth and metabolism. Researchers from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey previously identified a small protein called Rab1A that regulates amino acid signaling. In a recent study, researchers explored the physiological role of Rab1A in mammals using mice though a technique in which one of an organism s genes is made inoperative, known as genetic knockout. Steven Zheng, PhD, chief of Cancer Pharmacology and researcher at Rutgers Cancer Institute is senior author of the work and shares more about the findings published in the March 16 online edition of
Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for March 17)
The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison is offering a $400 scholarship to an Edison resident and high school senior who is planning to attend college in the fall and has a significant interest in agriculture, horticulture, the environment or ecology.
Applications along with criteria can be obtained at all Edison high schools.
The deadline for submission is May 12.
The latest newsletter from Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ) highlights some of the essential aspects of the various special programs designed to help poor and other New Jerseyans during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bilingual publication, “Looking Out For Your Legal Rights,” is accessible online at www.lsnjlaw.org.
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Community Bulletin Board: Criterion Sentinel (for March 10)
Keynote speaker Sheri-Rose Rubin will discuss Jews with Disabilities at 7:30 p.m. March 11.
Sheri-Rose and her husband Seth are the parents of Sophie, 20, and Max, 17; Max has cerebral palsy.
She is a councilwoman in Metuchen and the founder of the Metuchen Accessibility Committee and the organizer of Metuchen Buddy Ball.
Fellow panelists include Lauren and Michael Cohn, Meredith Parmalee-Kafah, Sheldon and Therese Jaffe, and Cantor Emily Simkin.
Hosted by Temple Emanu-El of Edison.
For more information, call 646-558-8656.
Although Woodbridge canceled its 2021 St. Patrick’s Day Parade due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 1 the American Irish Association of Woodbridge started a “Parade of Food” to replenish the township food pantries. Through March 14, drop off food at any Woodbridge Township firehouse.