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  "id": 10965535,
  "title": "Japanese hospital performs first surgery using heart muscle stem cells",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/japanese-hospital-performs-first-surgery-using-heart-muscle-stem-cells",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-30T14:36:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
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    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-japanese-hospital-surgery-heart-muscle.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A hospital in Japan has carried out the world's first surgery using sheets of commercially available heart muscle stem cells after the groundbreaking therapy was approved this year, one of the surgeons said.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Japanese hospital performs world-first surgery using heart muscle stem cells",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/japanese-hospital-performs-world-first-surgery-using-heart-muscle",
        "published": "2026-09-30T10:39:00.000Z"
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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."
}