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  "id": 11016158,
  "title": "Possible new target for sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia treatment identified",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/possible-new-target-for-sickle-cell-disease-and-beta-thalassemia",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-30T19:20:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-sickle-cell-disease-beta-thalassemia.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Harvard Medical School researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a new pathway that regulates the production of fetal hemoglobin, a form of hemoglobin that normally gets replaced soon after birth by adult hemoglobin.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}