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  "id": 14499380,
  "title": "Trapping cancer-driving DNA rings outside cell nucleus silences their genes, researchers find",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/trapping-cancer-driving-dna-rings-outside-cell-nucleus-silences-their",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-14T17:20:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-cancer-dna-cell-nucleus-silences.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Cells from rapidly growing, highly metastatic tumors often contain numerous rings of extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA). This circular DNA frequently carries oncogenes—genes that promote cancer. Researchers have long sought vulnerabilities in these DNA rings in an effort to stop their harmful activity.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}