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In a new study, scientists have uncovered evidence that magic mushrooms may be a cure for aging. Published in the Nature Partnering Journal Aging, this new paper out of the Baylor College of Medicine suggests that psilocybin, the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms, can extend the lifespans of both mice and human. This two-part study […]
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Generally speaking, drug testing is supposed to be random — but according to insider sources, that’s not the case for the sometimes-world’s richest man. In a New York Times exposé about Elon Musk’s fear and loathing on the campaign trail, the billionaire not only was on boatloads of drugs, but was also being tipped off […]
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The US Food and Drug Administration has approved CRISPR gene-edited pigs for human consumption. As MIT Technology Review reports, only an extremely limited list of gene-modified animals are cleared by regulators to be eaten in the United States, including a transgenic salmon that has an extra gene to grow faster, and heat-tolerant beef cattle. British […]
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ExThera, a US-based medical startup, claimed that its cutting edge blood-filtering device could cure cancer. Intrigued, an American billionaire named Alan Quasha capitalized on its promise, bought the devices, and started running a medical clinic on the Caribbean island of Antigua outside the purview of US regulators, offering desperate, terminally ill cancer patients a chance […]
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Researchers have found that a shocking amount of microplastics are ending up in our brains. As detailed in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, scientists found that all 91 brain samples taken from autopsied bodies earlier this year contained microplastics. Worse yet, the samples contained ten to 20 times more microplastics than liver and kidney samples collected from […]
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More younger people are getting hit with all sorts of different cancers, a new study says, and that has scientists busy looking at various risk factors, from increased obesity to a sloth-like lifestyle. One risk factor that is mentioned in the new study, published in the journal The Lancet, is “environmental chemicals,” and for many […]
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