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  "id": 1278107,
  "title": "UK researchers are growing miniature human tissue from NHS patient cells to improve drug testing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/uk-researchers-are-growing-miniature-human-tissue-from-nhs-patient",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-16T13:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechSpot",
    "slug": "techspot",
    "url": "https://www.techspot.com/news/113497-uk-researchers-building-miniature-human-organs-nhs-patient.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The work is part of the government's plan to reduce the use of animals in research by expanding alternatives known as new approach methodologies. These include organoids, organs-on-chips and AI tools that can process biological data and model disease. Read Entire Article",
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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."
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