Pathology and social interactions: Safety in numbers

What if social behavior affected the progression of even noncontagious diseases? This is precisely what has now been demonstrated. Using a fly model of intestinal cancer, the researchers have shown that disease progression is impacted both by social isolation -- which has a negative effect -- and the composition of the social group with which individuals associate.

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