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  "id": 875223,
  "title": "Immune cells flood into the aging brain, Stanford scientists discover",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/immune-cells-flood-into-the-aging-brain-stanford-scientists-discover-875223",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-14T13:28:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily Health",
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    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260814011033.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Scientists have discovered that the aging human brain may be far less isolated from the rest of the body than once believed. Stanford researchers found that large numbers of immune cells from the blood begin entering the brain as early as middle age, where they can transform into microglia, the brain’s specialized immune cells. The finding overturns a long-standing assumption that these cells…",
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        "title": "Immune cells flood into the aging brain, Stanford scientists discover",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/immune-cells-flood-into-the-aging-brain-stanford-scientists-discover",
        "published": "2026-08-14T13:28:02.000Z"
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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."
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