Scientists Gene Hack Mice So Their Livers Produce Their Own Ozempic-Like Drug

Photo credit: Tibor Janosi Mozes via Pixabay. Article by Noor Al-Sibai. Futurism: Neoscope – July 13, 2025. Research article: Communications Medicine.

Scientists have gene-hacked mice to produce their own Ozempic-like drugs — possibly, and provocatively, perhaps paving a path for humans to do so themselves one day. In a new study published in the journal Communications Medicine, researchers from Japan’s University of Osaka successfully gene-edited mice livers to produce exenatide, a first-generation diabetes drug and predecessor to now-trendy jabs like Ozempic and Mounjaro. […]

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