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  "id": 13996042,
  "title": "Experiments reveal how DNA-packaging protein mutation promotes breast cancer spread",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/experiments-reveal-how-dna-packaging-protein-mutation-promotes-breast",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T16:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-reveal-dna-packaging-protein-mutation.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A research team led by professor Chan Kui-ming from the Department of Biomedical Sciences at CityUHK discovered that H2BE113K, a missense H2B mutation, promotes colony formation and lung metastasis in breast cancer. The research revealed that H2BE113K plays a critical role in chromatin regulation, cellular function and breast cancer progression, shedding light on new targeted therapies for breast…",
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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."
}