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Despite breakthroughs in HIV treatment and prevention worldwide, critical challenges such as stigma, unequal access and managing the virus for an aging population remain, a group of Rutgers Health experts said at a recent event to address these issues.

In the parable of the blind men and the elephant, several blind men each describe a different part of an elephant they are touching—a sharp tusk, a flexible trunk, or a broad leg—and disagree about the animal’s true nature. The story illustrates the problem of understanding an unseen or latent object based on incomplete individual perceptions.

Infections, chemicals, stress—these environmental factors influence the risk of developing psychiatric or neurological disorders, especially if they occur before birth. The biological mechanisms behind this are still not fully understood.

New research published in Nature Communications reveals how cancer cells are altered by their surroundings, enabling them to change their shape and break out of a tumor. The discovery, which is the culmination of almost a decade of research that began at King’s, paves the way for treatments that will tackle cancer before it can spread.

A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University reveals a distinct relationship between circadian rhythms, weight, and eating habits in teens, a vulnerable age group whose eating patterns influence their life-long health.

Parents across the U.S. should soon be able to determine how much lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury are in the food they feed their babies, thanks to a California law, the first of its kind, that took effect this year.

A new Moffitt Cancer Center study has identified a specific immune response that may prevent the spread of breast cancer cells within the body. Published in Cancer Immunology Research, the study shows that activating certain immune cells can stop dormant cancer cells from growing into new tumors.

Natasha Nelson, a 35-year old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn’t have an innate sense of social norms. She didn’t know why people meeting for the first time would choose to engage in small talk instead of deep conversations, or why people like to make their beds.

The head of the World Health Organization insisted on Monday it was “now or never” to strike a landmark global accord on tackling future pandemics, after the United States withdrew from negotiations.

Researchers led by the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea, have checked the performance of a noninvasive urinary DNA methylation test for bladder cancer diagnosis.