{
  "id": 10479918,
  "title": "Mating-related chemical changes in New World screwworm identified",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/mating-related-chemical-changes-in-new-world-screwworm-identified",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-28T15:40:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-chemical-world-screwworm.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Researchers at the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have discovered that mating changes the chemical coating on the New World screwworm, a fly species with maggots that can cause serious tissue destruction and deadly diseases in livestock and other animals. The findings may help scientists better…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}