{
  "id": 7413908,
  "title": "Microproteins provide new playbook for Alzheimer's research",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/microproteins-provide-new-playbook-for-alzheimers-research",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-14T22:20:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-microproteins-playbook-alzheimer.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Scientists researching Alzheimer's disease and neurodegeneration have been playing a difficult game. Their scientific playbook has been limited by the available resources that, while capturing loads of genes, proteins and cells, have been missing something: microproteins.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}