{
  "id": 2205246,
  "title": "Lung tumor bacteria plus vitamin B2 metabolite may boost immune response to cancer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/lung-tumor-bacteria-plus-vitamin-b2-metabolite-may-boost-immune",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-20T19:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-lung-tumor-bacteria-vitamin-b2.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Bacteria in lung tumors may boost the activation of innate immune cells in the presence of a common vitamin metabolite, according to a preclinical study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.",
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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."
}