{
  "id": 16038425,
  "title": "Research finds bariatric surgery can restore immune cell function affected by obesity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/research-finds-bariatric-surgery-can-restore-immune-cell-function",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-22T11:40:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-bariatric-surgery-immune-cell-function.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "New Maynooth University (MU) research led by the Department of Biology's Dr. Ciara Flynn, working within the research group of Professor Andrew Hogan at the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research, has found that obesity can impair key immune cells that help protect the body against infection and cancer.",
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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."
}