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  "id": 18163429,
  "title": "New drug-development strategy might protect neurons by displacing proteins that inhibit helpful enzymes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/new-drug-development-strategy-might-protect-neurons-by-displacing",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-04T18:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-drug-strategy-neurons-displacing-proteins.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley may have discovered a new strategy for treating complex neurodegenerative diseases. Their study, recently published in Science, describes a new approach that allows specialized enzymes to clear out several disease-causing proteins. So far, the method has proved useful for protecting neurons in lab tests.",
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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."
}