{
  "id": 5304506,
  "title": "China’s rare earth cerium drug can kill gout pains once and for all: scientists",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/chinas-rare-earth-cerium-drug-can-kill-gout-pains-once-and-for-all",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-03T10:09:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3366237/chinas-rare-earth-cerium-drug-can-kill-gout-pains-once-and-all-scientists"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "One of the world’s most abundant rare earth elements could offer a comprehensive, long-lasting treatment for gout, a Chinese team has found. The extremely painful form of inflammatory arthritis has plagued humanity for millennia. “No other pain is more severe than this, not iron screws, nor cords, nor the wound of a dagger, nor burning fire” – that is how the ancient Greek physician Aretaeus…",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "China’s rare earth cerium drug can kill gout pains once and for all: scientists",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/chinas-rare-earth-cerium-drug-can-kill-gout-pains-once-and-for-all-5306196",
        "published": "2026-09-03T10:09:01.000Z"
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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."
}