{
  "id": 15904310,
  "title": "The hidden role of a cancer treatment target could explain toxic side effects",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/the-hidden-role-of-a-cancer-treatment-target-could-explain-toxic-side",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-21T15:00:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-hidden-role-cancer-treatment-toxic.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Wee1 inhibitors are a promising new cancer treatment, but serious side effects threaten their adoption in the clinic. Now, researchers from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS), the University of Oxford and UCL have discovered a previously unknown role for Wee1 that could explain these effects.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}