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.
UK researchers are growing the Delta variant for human challenge trials
A blood test for your circadian clock
Cambridge researchers have created a mathematical model for building muscle 
One antibody stops all strains of COVID-19 from infecting cells 
Antibody cocktail highly effective at preventing COVID-19
Tiny magnetic beads and turkeys may lead to better prosthetic limbs
Brain-wide gene editing may one day treat Alzheimer’s
Researchers have 3D-printed an active tumor
MIT has created an inflatable prosthetic hand
India’s DNA vaccine for COVID-19 gets emergency approval