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.
New treatment “starves” aggressive brain tumors in mice
Are near-death experiences just psychedelic trips? 
Meth addiction treatments are finally on the horizon
An old anti-psychotic offers a new way to treat chronic pain 
Blood test can find dozens of types of cancer, with few false positives
ARPA-H: High-risk, high-reward health research is the mandate of new, billion-dollar US agency 
Long COVID: Self-targeted immune attacks may lurk behind it
Breakthrough drug could save hundreds of thousands of children’s lives
Newly discovered antibody neutralizes all variants of the coronavirus 
At long last, we might have an HIV vaccine