{
  "id": 19518944,
  "title": "'Fossil record' in stored blood samples lets scientists trace leukemia back decades before diagnosis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/fossil-record-in-stored-blood-samples-lets-scientists-trace-leukemia",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-11T16:00:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-11-fossil-blood-samples-scientists-leukemia.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Scientists have reconstructed how acute myeloid leukemia (AML) develops over the decades before diagnosis, showing that in two-thirds of cases the first cancer-driving mutation had been acquired before the age of 20—more than 50 years before diagnosis.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}