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  • ‘Netflix’ giraffe Bashu put down after suffering kidney failure

    ‘Netflix’ giraffe Bashu put down after suffering kidney failure

    Whipsnade Zoo The head of a giraffe, with a large blue sky behind it. The giraffe is brown and cream in colour. Whipsnade Zoo

    Bashu the giraffe had been at Whipsnade Zoo, Bedfordshire, since 2014

    A beloved and “iconic” giraffe that appeared in a Netflix drama has been put down after it suffered kidney failure.

    Whipsnade Zoo, in Bedfordshire, said Bashu, 13,…

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  • Sir Stephen Fry backs new youth support hub in Cambridge

    Sir Stephen Fry backs new youth support hub in Cambridge

    The actor and writer Sir Stephen Fry has backed a campaign for a new support hub for young people in need.

    Centre 33, which supports young people up to the age of 25 across Cambridge and Peterborough, launched an appeal to refurbish one of its…

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  • Getac launches S510AD rugged AI laptop for demanding field work

    Getac launches S510AD rugged AI laptop for demanding field work

    Getac has introduced the S510AD laptop, a rugged device designed with AMD Ryzen AI processing technology, aimed at professionals needing advanced edge-AI performance in challenging field and industrial conditions.

    Meeting Copilot+ PC…

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  • Severe Corneal Pannus as a Rare Ocular Complication of Anti-TNF-α The

    Severe Corneal Pannus as a Rare Ocular Complication of Anti-TNF-α The

    Introduction

    Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors (anti-TNF-α) have revolutionized the management of various autoimmune diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. TNF-α is a key cytokine in inflammatory pathways,…

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  • Cancer care underuse, overuse, and inequalities – IARC

    9 Octobre 2025

    Scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and Imperial College London, United Kingdom, propose a novel perspective to examine inefficiencies of health systems by…

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  • Differentiating post-stroke patients from healthy individuals via vision-based skeleton-optical fusion | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

    Differentiating post-stroke patients from healthy individuals via vision-based skeleton-optical fusion | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

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  • John Lennon’s banjo goes on show on what would have been his 85th

    John Lennon’s banjo goes on show on what would have been his 85th

    A banjo played by John Lennon is being unveiled alongside a mosaic featuring nearly 1,300 images of The Beatles star to mark what would have been his 85th birthday.

    Fans are expected from around the world for the celebrations at Strawberry Field…

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  • Clinical value of APRI and FIB-4 on bleeding risk and 30-day prognosis

    Clinical value of APRI and FIB-4 on bleeding risk and 30-day prognosis

    Introduction

    Liver cirrhosis represents a progressive, systemic disorder arising from chronic liver injury, marked by diffuse hepatic fibrosis, pseudolobule formation, and aberrant vascular proliferation.1 Approximately 85% of individuals with…

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  • Memphis Depay: Rapper, philanthropist, muse… Netherlands’ all-time top scorer

    Memphis Depay: Rapper, philanthropist, muse… Netherlands’ all-time top scorer

    In a country used to losing its top talents to Europe, Depay has earned cult status for going the other way – even if there have been disputes over bonus payments in his lucrative contract, which Corinthians have agreed to pay in instalments.

    “The…

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  • Establishment of a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Lupus Care Clinic at a

    Establishment of a Multidisciplinary Pediatric Lupus Care Clinic at a

    Introduction

    Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematous (cSLE) is a life-long autoimmune disorder characterized by higher disease severity and multisystem involvement as compared to adult-onset disease.1 This is commonly due to the higher…

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