{
  "id": 18080203,
  "title": "Why pharma firms are going to Earth’s orbit in search of new cancer drugs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/why-pharma-firms-are-going-to-earths-orbit-in-search-of-new-cancer-18080203",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-04T06:00:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/nov/04/us-firm-varda-space-industries-manufacturing-drugs-in-space"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A space capsule 300 miles above us is growing the tiny crystals of a potential cancer drug in microgravity Roughly 300 miles above our heads, three washing machine-sized capsules are orbiting the Earth. Inside one of them, tiny crystals of a potential cancer drug are being grown in the weightlessness of space. The others are testing heat protection materials and navigation systems for when the…",
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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."
}