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  "id": 16618300,
  "title": "Protein fibers, a hallmark of Alzheimer's, spotted making genetic deliveries to sperm cells",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/protein-fibers-a-hallmark-of-alzheimers-spotted-making-genetic",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-26T15:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-protein-fibers-hallmark-alzheimer-genetic.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Unexpectedly, a kind of protein that is usually linked with diseases in the brain may play a vital role in semen, helping shepherd genetic material into sperm cells, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute report in the journal Molecular Cell.",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/glymphatic-clearance-to-alleviate-traumatic-brain-edema-alzheimers",
        "published": "2026-10-24T18:19:05.000Z"
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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."
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