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  "id": 11681405,
  "title": "Cancer stem cells have an “energy addiction” scientists may be able to exploit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/cancer-stem-cells-have-an-energy-addiction-scientists-may-be-able-to",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-02T10:37:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily Health",
    "slug": "sciencedaily-health",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260930020319.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "High-risk MDS stem cells appear to have an unexpected “energy addiction,” relying far more heavily than healthy blood-forming cells on a molecule called NAD. Disrupting this energy pathway selectively weakened the cancer-driving cells, revealing a potential new target for treatment.",
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        "title": "Cancer stem cells have an “energy addiction” scientists may be able to exploit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/cancer-stem-cells-have-an-energy-addiction-scientists-may-be-able-to-11684937",
        "published": "2026-10-02T10:37:59.000Z"
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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."
}