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 frontotemporal dementia, the syndrome affecting Bruce Willis, changes the brain
Hollow “seed” shrinks cancerous tumors from the inside
The imagination effect: A history of placebo power
A mosquito factory will create billions of biters in Brazil
Dementia patients are “rallying” just before death. Scientists want to know why.
Dignity therapy: Making the last words count
Alzheimer’s disease: an illness that needs a long overdue cocktail
Stanford researchers have engineered an organism to fight cancer
LSD effective as major depression therapy in phase 2 trial
Scientists train ants to sniff out cancer in just 30 minutes