{
  "id": 15681809,
  "title": "Nanoscale tech tracks proteins inside living neurons to guide Alzheimer's and Parkinson's drug discovery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nanoscale-tech-tracks-proteins-inside-living-neurons-to-guide",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-20T01:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-nanoscale-tech-tracks-proteins-neurons.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A technology developed at The University of Queensland allowing scientists to observe how disease-related proteins behave inside living neurons will be used to advance early drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases. The NASTIC (Nanoscale Spatiotemporal Indexing Clustering) platform, spun out into Brisbane-based startup Accretion Bio, enables researchers to study real-time biological…",
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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."
}