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Persistent fatigue in lupus may be more than a lingering symptom. By drawing connections with ME/CFS, a study in the Jou...
05/10/2026

Persistent fatigue in lupus may be more than a lingering symptom. By drawing connections with ME/CFS, a study in the Journal of Translational Medicine proposes a new framework suggesting that immune, metabolic, vascular, and nervous system changes could interact to drive long-term symptom burden in some patients.

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An article in Genome Biology presents dicast: a machine learning method for accurate structural variant detection from s...
05/10/2026

An article in Genome Biology presents dicast: a machine learning method for accurate structural variant detection from short-read sequencing data, with potential benefits for clinical diagnostics and genome-wide association studies.

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A study in BMC Genomics finds that host-associated Pseudomonadota shed flagellar genes not by design but through genome ...
04/10/2026

A study in BMC Genomics finds that host-associated Pseudomonadota shed flagellar genes not by design but through genome erosion & drift—trading motility for energy efficiency and immune evasion.

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A study in BMC Primary Care explores the influencing factors towards job satisfaction among medical assistants in German...
03/10/2026

A study in BMC Primary Care explores the influencing factors towards job satisfaction among medical assistants in Germany.

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Low-proteinuric diabetic kidney disease with sustained rapid kidney function decline is associated with endothelial and...
02/10/2026

Low-proteinuric diabetic kidney disease with sustained rapid kidney function decline is associated with endothelial and tubular transcriptional alterations without uniform advanced glomerular filtration-barrier lesions, finds a study in Cardiovascular Diabetology.

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Low telomere length and low skeletal muscle mass are jointly associated with greater risk of all-cause mortality, especi...
02/10/2026

Low telomere length and low skeletal muscle mass are jointly associated with greater risk of all-cause mortality, especially among younger individuals and women, finds a study in Nutrition & Metabolism.

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A study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders shows that chronic Achilles tendon ruptures are more often linked to ...
01/10/2026

A study published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders shows that chronic Achilles tendon ruptures are more often linked to delayed medical care than misdiagnosis, and that timely surgical intervention may lead to better patient-reported recovery outcomes.

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When a blood smear tells the story: diagnosing fatal secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in pregnancy This Behi...
01/10/2026

When a blood smear tells the story: diagnosing fatal secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in pregnancy This Behind the Paper post from Journal of Medical Case Reports, the authors emphasise communication between the lab and the bedside for effective clinical care.

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A study published in BMC Medicine finds that social networking site use exceeding three hours per day is associated with...
30/09/2026

A study published in BMC Medicine finds that social networking site use exceeding three hours per day is associated with increased risks of depressive and anxiety symptoms in adolescents.

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In a Behind the Paper blog post, the author talks about a new study that examines Toxoplasma gondii’s role in paternally...
30/09/2026

In a Behind the Paper blog post, the author talks about a new study that examines Toxoplasma gondii’s role in paternally inherited epigenetic modification in the brains of mice and provides insights into the intergenerational effects of T. gondii infection.

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