{
  "id": 12679222,
  "title": "Human lung organoids with a built-in immune system could transform respiratory disease research",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/human-lung-organoids-with-a-built-in-immune-system-could-transform",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-07T17:40:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-human-lung-organoids-built-immune.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A new organoid model built with human lung fragments may help us answer key questions about one of the body's first lines of defense against respiratory pathogens. In a new study, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine elicited virus-specific immune responses from these organoids and showed that administering a virus booster weakened subsequent infections.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}