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  "id": 18192444,
  "title": "Protein DUSP4 boosts cancer-fighting T cells in colorectal cancer lab models",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/protein-dusp4-boosts-cancer-fighting-t-cells-in-colorectal-cancer-lab",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-04T21:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-protein-dusp4-boosts-cancer-cells.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The immune system has powerful cells that can recognize and destroy cancer, but this ability can gradually wane when the cells reside within a tumor. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), and their collaborators have identified a protein that could help keep these cancer-fighting immune cells active and potentially provide a new way…",
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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."
}