Vitamin D supplementation may help shape how the immune system responds to gut bacteria in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a Mayo Clinic–led study published in Cell Reports Medicine.

Early-stage drug development worldwide has nearly doubled over the past decade and shifted from a U.S.-dominated model to a dual hub centered in the United States and China, according to new research described by Georgetown University health policy experts.

The findings, published in Cancer Discovery, show that the approach can reshape the tumor microenvironment to activate the body’s immune cells against cancer.

A new consortium, bringing together more than 60 partners from 25 countries, has kicked off a five-year initiative to help improve the heart health of people living with and beyond cancer with a two-day meeting at St Thomas' Hospital and the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering.

Six researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have received Young Investigator Awards from the Prostate Cancer Foundation. These three-year grants award $225,000 to postdoctoral fellows and early-career faculty, helping to energize the field with fresh ideas. 

For patients undergoing body contouring surgery to remove excess abdominal skin after massive weight loss, use of GLP-1 weight-loss medications may have mixed effects on complication risks, suggests a study in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Dr. Justin R. Garcia, Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute and Ruth N. Halls Professor in the College of Arts + Sciences at Indiana University, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for “his distinguished contributions to understanding evolutionary and biocultural foundations of romantic and sexual relationships across the lifespan,” as well as his “unwavering defense of academic freedom to promote scientific and scholarly inquiry.” He has also been named a fellow for the International Association for Relationship Research.