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  "id": 17100442,
  "title": "Premature birth alters the brain's developmental clock",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/premature-birth-alters-the-brains-developmental-clock",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T18:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-premature-birth-brain-developmental-clock.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new study reveals that when a baby is born prematurely, their cerebellum, the part of the brain with a critical role in motor function, language and cognition, grows and develops in a different way than it would if the baby remained in utero to full term.",
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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."
}