{
  "id": 1957115,
  "title": "Newly found 'immune organ' inside skull directs brain defense",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/newly-found-immune-organ-inside-skull-directs-brain-defense",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T15:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-newly-immune-skull-brain-defense.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered lymph node-like structures in the skull bone marrow of mice for the first time and demonstrated that they act as rapid first responders against brain cancer before distant lymph nodes get the signal that abnormal cells are present. The researchers also found evidence of similar immune cells in human skull bone…",
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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."
}