{
  "id": 9409796,
  "title": "Cancer's 'rogue DNA' relies on two proteins to prevent and repair breaks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/cancers-rogue-dna-relies-on-two-proteins-to-prevent-and-repair-breaks",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-23T20:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-cancer-rogue-dna-proteins.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and their colleagues have discovered that a type of rogue DNA found in aggressive cancers has a hidden structural weakness—and that blocking a single repair protein can cause it to fall apart, suggesting a new therapeutic opportunity.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}