{
  "id": 12234141,
  "title": "Cigarette smoke may prime lung stem cells for different types of lung cancer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/cigarette-smoke-may-prime-lung-stem-cells-for-different-types-of-lung",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-05T21:20:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-cigarette-prime-lung-stem-cells.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chronic exposure to cigarette smoke may reprogram different populations of lung stem cells, which maintain and repair lung tissue, in ways that make them vulnerable to specific cancer-causing gene alterations and ultimately help determine the type of lung cancer that develops.",
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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."
}