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  "id": 14540363,
  "title": "Engineered enzyme could improve detection of HIV and other viruses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/engineered-enzyme-could-improve-detection-of-hiv-and-other-viruses",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-14T21:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-enzyme-hiv-viruses.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Scientists have long used a powerful gene-editing tool called CRISPR to make precise changes to DNA. But a different version of the technology, known as Cas13a, targets RNA, the genetic material found in viruses such as HIV. Now, researchers at Rice University have developed an improved version of Cas13a that could make it easier to detect HIV and other RNA viruses in blood and environmental…",
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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."
}