{
  "id": 9323804,
  "title": "Zika virus assembles without protein segment long deemed essential",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/zika-virus-assembles-without-protein-segment-long-deemed-essential",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-23T11:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-zika-virus-protein-segment-deemed.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For years, scientists were certain that two factors were involved in the assembly of active, highly infectious Zika viruses in human cells: a specific viral protein in its entirety and a turncoat human enzyme that assured viral maturity. New research suggests that Zika virus has been far less reliant on those components than previously thought.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}