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  "id": 14298817,
  "title": "Alcohol and the brain interact through immune cells, new research shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/alcohol-and-the-brain-interact-through-immune-cells-new-research-shows",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-13T21:20:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
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    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-alcohol-brain-interact-immune-cells.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A Cleveland Clinic research team studying alcohol and the brain discovered a new way that alcohol abuse can cause brain dysfunction and damage: through immune cells called microglia. The research also identified a potential new treatment target.",
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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."
}