Health

Insulin grown in lettuce can be taken orally
New synthetic insulin harvested from lettuce plants can be made cheaply, taken orally, and transported at room temperature.
Cancer med appears to prevent brain aneurysms
Japanese researchers have discovered that the cancer drug sunitinib can prevent the formation of brain aneurysms in mice.
“Nature’s own Ozempic” or berberine is all over social media
Does berberine work as well as Ozempic to help people lose weight? Social media seems to think so, but it’s not likely.
How intestinal viruses could help you live to be 100
Cheap drug appears to cut long COVID risk by 41% in small study
Taurine appears to reverse aging in animals. Can it do the same for us?
Have we got the brain all wrong? Study shows its shape is more important than its wiring
Flexible brain implant tested in people for the first time
90% of patients respond to new blood cancer treatment in trial
Brain scans hint that lonely individuals process the world differently
Made-to-fade tattoo ink keeps cancer therapy from leaving a mark
The neurons that make us feel hangry
New drug for fatty liver disease cuts fat by 65%