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Oct 2026
Study links immune status to herpesvirus retinitis progression
The clinical progression and outcomes of two major herpesvirus retinitis forms are associated with patients' immune status, reveal Institute of Science Tokyo scientists.
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Oct 2026
New fluorescent paper strips make vitamin B12 testing simpler
Measuring vitamin B12 in food usually means bringing the sample to the laboratory. A new fluorescent sensor could help move part of that process onto something much simpler: a paper strip or cotton swab.
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Oct 2026
Robotic assisted hip and knee replacements shows no clear benefit over conventional methods
The NHS recently outlined plans to expand robotic surgery sevenfold by 2035, but initial findings from the first UK big data studies on this topic published by The BMJ suggest that robotic assisted hip and knee replacements offer no clear benefit over conventional surgery for implant survival, revision risk, or surgical complications.
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Oct 2026
Gut bacterial metabolite worsens brain damage after stroke, study finds
Researchers at LMU have discovered how a metabolite produced by gut bacteria can influence brain damage after stroke.
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Oct 2026
New framework maps depression symptoms to unique brain circuits
A research team from the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) has published a scientific review proposing a paradigm shift in the way depression is understood and studied.
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Oct 2026
Common gene variant reduces effectiveness of pediatric asthma drug
Children with a variant in the SERPINE1 gene – which is found in 60% of the population – may be less responsive to mepolizumab, a drug used to treat asthma flares, according to a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
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Oct 2026
EU project calls for strict regulations to stop forever chemicals
Chemical pollution from so-called "forever chemicals" poses major challenges to human health and the environment. For five years, an EU funded research and innovation project has investigated the scale of the problem and possible solutions for persistent, mobile and toxic chemicals, including PFAS.
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Oct 2026
New trial tests if diet can reduce bipolar depression symptoms
A clinical trial is set to test whether diet could help reduce depressive symptoms in people with bipolar disorder, comparing a high fat, low carbohydrate diet with standard NHS healthy eating advice.
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Oct 2026
Kingston University joins major London partnership for health and social care research
Kingston University, London has joined a new London-wide partnership to deliver health and social care transformation through research.
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Oct 2026
Mauritius becomes first country to reverse type 2 diabetes epidemic
New research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept 28 – Oct 2) and published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows that the small island nation of Mauritius is the first country in the world to prove it is reversing the type 2 diabetes epidemic using the objective gold standard testing method of the 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test (2 hour OGTT).
