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  "id": 142295,
  "title": "Researchers discover immune 'off switch' used by cancer cells",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/researchers-discover-immune-off-switch-used-by-cancer-cells",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-04T17:40:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-immune-cancer-cells.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a protein that cancer cells use to shut down the body's immune response, a discovery that could help scientists develop new treatments that make cancer immunotherapies more effective.",
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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."
}