{
  "id": 16212263,
  "title": "How cancers evade chemotherapy by entering a 'zombie-like state'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/how-cancers-evade-chemotherapy-by-entering-a-zombie-like-state",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-23T18:00:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-cancers-evade-chemotherapy-zombie-state.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have made a breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells can evade the cell-killing effects of chemotherapy and enter a \"zombie-like state,\" called premature senescence, that can attract the wound-healing properties of the immune system.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}