{
  "id": 16965401,
  "title": "Smarter CAR-T cells could beat a deadly pediatric brain cancer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/smarter-car-t-cells-could-beat-a-deadly-pediatric-brain-cancer",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-28T21:40:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-smarter-car-cells-deadly-pediatric.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Scientists at UC San Francisco have engineered CAR-T cells that stay dormant until they reach the brain, where they switch on and destroy tumor cells. In mice, these CAR-T cells were able to clear diffuse midline glioma (DMG), a lethal form of childhood brain cancer that integrates into healthy tissue. The cells also had staying power. When scientists introduced another round of cancer several…",
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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."
}