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  "id": 3702269,
  "title": "Virtual cell model could accelerate protein-degrader therapy design",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/virtual-cell-model-could-accelerate-protein-degrader-therapy-design",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-27T08:02:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-virtual-cell-protein-degrader-therapy.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has developed a computer model that will help scientists more efficiently develop protein-destroying therapies, a newer type of treatment that is particularly promising for cancer. The study is published July 13 in Nature Communications.",
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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."
}