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  "id": 12894437,
  "title": "Changes in DNA packaging help immune cells swell and burst",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/changes-in-dna-packaging-help-immune-cells-swell-and-burst",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-08T15:20:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-dna-packaging-immune-cells.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Immune cells are the elite athletes of the human body. While other cells stay in place, immune cells travel throughout our bodies, squeezing through small channels, stretching themselves, sampling the surfaces of other cells and swallowing up invaders. One of their most extreme behaviors is NETosis, a process in which certain immune cells burst and release their DNA as a way to trap pathogens.",
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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."
}