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🔔 Introducing The Lancet Regional Health – Africa, a new #goldopenaccess journal promoting the advancement of clinical practice and health policy in Africa.

Explore the new journal at hubs.li/Q03KzMp00 #MedSky
A special preview issue of The Lancet Regional Health – Africa. On the cover is a photograph of a doctor examining a Maasai baby. Copyright: Hugh Sitton/Getty Images
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 58m
Melioidosis—it's a fatal but preventable infection. Why is it not classed as a Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD)? Sophie Cousins reports in The Lancet.

Read in the latest issue 👉 tinyurl.com/zz65vbup
Cover of The Lancet, Oct 11 issue. The quote, "Melioidosis is a disease so neglected it is not on WHO's list of Neglected Tropical Diseases."
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 15h
Oncolytic viruses have the unique ability to selectively replicate within (and to destroy) cancer cells, offering a promising approach in cancer treatment.

A new Review summarises clinical progress, remaining challenges, & future research directions: tinyurl.com/9667u3ab
Figure: Oncolytic viruses—increasing the heat of the tumour microenvironment. Copyright: 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 19h
Antiphospholipid syndrome is an autoimmune disease that causes blood clots and inflammation.

A recent Review in @thelancetrheum.bsky.social explores how AI algorithms can guide precision medicine in antiphospholipid syndrome: tinyurl.com/yc4ursr9
Figure showing molecular fingerprints associated with thrombotic APS. Copyright: Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
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What can Africa’s fight against HIV teach us about tackling today’s global health challenges? 🌍

Pleased to share Dr Mohammad Hosseini @mhmdhsini.bsky.social will join the panel at our International Health Lecture with @thelancet.com, bringing his expertise in research ethics to the discussion 🔬✨
A photo of Dr Mohammad Hosseini, with a quote that reads: "Fostering trust in science requires well-informed, collaborative and critically thinking communities, supported by mechanisms that ensure transparency and accountability."
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 1d
The treatment of type 1 diabetes is entering a transformative era.

A recent Review explores three paradigm-shifting developments poised to transform type 1 diabetes treatment: tinyurl.com/2834ymk7
Figure showing the production and transplantation of β cells derived from embryonic or induced pluripotent stem cells. Copyright: 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 1d
Maternal wellbeing has been described in the literature, but no consensus on a global definition is available 🌍

Introducing “Maternal wellbeing: a WHO definition and conceptual framework”, now in @lancetobgyn-wh.bsky.social 👉 tinyurl.com/ytj8umfs
Maternal wellbeing concepts. Copyrights: WHO/Adrien Liard.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 2d
📊 Join Gavin Cleaver for a webinar exploring essential insights on sex- and gender-based research analyses. Learn about the SAGER guidelines, see real examples, and get practical tips for responding to the guidelines.

📅 21 October, 2pm BST
👉 Register: hubs.li/Q03FQ_6l0
Join Gavin Cleaver for our Lancet Webinar on the importance of analysing, reporting, and interpreting data according to sex and gender on Tues, Oct 21, 2025 at 2pm BST/9am EDT. The Lancet Webinars. Copyright: Elsevier Ltd.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 3d
📸 One month left to submit your photos!

If you've taken an image that brings a health story to life, enter it in our Lancet Highlights photography competition.

Submit by Nov 12—on any health-related topic and from any country or setting. More info: tinyurl.com/28pmu4m2
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 3d
Shigellosis is the most common cause of invasive bloody diarrhoea in children younger than 5 years.

The prevention of infection with vaccination & sanitation strategies remains a crucial step in reducing worldwide morbidity & mortality.

Find out more ▶️ tinyurl.com/ard69t83
Figure showing the immunopathogenesis of Shigella infection in the colon. MAMPs=microbe-associated molecular patterns. DAMPs=damage-associated molecular patterns. NK=natural killer. Adapted from Schnupf and Sansonetti. Copyright: 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 3d
Incretin-based therapies are becoming a core component of diabetes care.

By linking digestion, metabolism, & cardiovascular function, incretin-based therapies can help reduce morbidity & mortality.

Find out more in @thelancetendo.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/dvtv7j28
Figure showing effects of incretins on digestion and the possible resulting clinical benefits. Copyright: 2025 Elsevier Ltd. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 3d
Want to stay up to date with the latest original research, perspectives and insights in your field? 🏥

Explore our Specialty Collections to stay informed with the most current and relevant content published across The Lancet Group.

🔗 thelancet.com/collections
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The Lancet @thelancet.com · 4d
On this week’s cover of The Lancet, a new letter: “Gaza’s healthocide: medical societies must not stay silent”.

Read the letter and more in our latest issue: tinyurl.com/5n85x448
Cover of The Lancet's Oct 4, 2025 issue. Cover quote reads: "Most medical and surgical societies worldwide have remained silent or issued vague statements about Gaza's healthocide [...] Staying silent while pretending to be neutral is, in effect, a form of complicity."
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