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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/scientists-gene-hack-mice-so-their-livers-produce-their-own-ozempic-like-drug/
- Published: 2025-07-15T09:15:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.futurism.com