{
  "id": 5749848,
  "title": "Two scientists made huge bets on 'impossible' cancer treatments. They're finally paying off.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/two-scientists-made-huge-bets-on-impossible-cancer-treatments-theyre",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-05T09:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-bet-impossible-cancer-treatments-transforming-biotech-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two scientists, Greg Verdine and Tal Zaks, made bold bets on seemingly impossible cancer treatments. Their risky experiments have now paid off, with Moderna's melanoma trial and Revolution Medicines' new drug for late-stage prostate cancer bringing in significant cash for investors. These breakthroughs have been hailed as paradigm shifts in cancer treatment.",
  "summary": "Greg Verdine at Revolution Medicines and Tal Zaks at Moderna pushed biotech boundaries with risky, groundbreaking cancer experiments.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}