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.
To be a happier, more successful person, get off the “hedonic treadmill”
Man’s mutated gene appears to delay onset of Alzheimer’s
First-in-US brain surgery performed in Boston
3 key activities will make you “antifragile”
The groundbreaking plan to map the entire human immune system
Personalized mRNA vaccine preps the body to battle deadly cancer
Amish gene study finds clues to mood disorders like depression and bipolar disorder
Potential way to treat anorexia found in microbiome
New gene therapy could reverse a common cause of blindness
Rapamycin: The unlucky history of the most powerful anti-aging drug