I recently wrote about two popular science fiction smart drugs. NZT-48 is the nootropic smart drug featured in the Limitless movie and TV show. And Nexus... Read more →
Physical activity has been shown to improve mood, cognition, heart health, and aging. Athletes tend to live longer than the average population. They also tend to... Read more →
A new treatment developed by Tel Aviv University induced the destruction of pancreatic cancer cells in mice (see below), and could work in humans, Jerusalem... Read more →
Usona Institute has received Breakthrough Therapy designation from the FDA and started a clinical trial to study the medical and safety effects of psilocybin in participants... Read more →
B vitamins play an extremely important role in brain health. That's emphasized in a 2016 review of the scientific literature by Dr. David O. Kennedy... Read more →
According to Washington State University researchers, the nervous system plays an important role in the response to bacterial infections (see below). The researchers have found... Read more →
I've been reading about the history of genetic research in The Gene by Siddhartha Mukherjee. It introduced me to the idea that genetic variance within a... Read more →
L Theanine is an amino acid found naturally in the tea plant, also known as camellia sinensis. People commonly use the tea plant to make... Read more →
What if you could cure cancer by re-engineering patients’ cells to better target and destroy their own tumors? “With the advent of powerful new cellular... Read more →
Vitamin E acetate, an additive sometimes used in combination with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), may be to blame for recent cases of e-cigarette-related lung injuries. This is... Read more →
