Today’s Solutions: June 12, 2026

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Podcast Transcript June 5th, 2026— Pancreatic cancer cracked, hepatitis B cleared, and wild mice who run for joy

Episode Description: An oncologist cried at her desk when she read these latest trial results. Researchers put exercise wheels in empty fields and sand dunes, and wild mice found them and ran, unprompted, for no reward. A new drug just cleared hepatitis B from the body entirely for one in five Read More...

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A new drug just cleared hepatitis B in 1 in 5 patients

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A clinical trial published May 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that a new drug called bepirovirsen achieved a functional cure in approximately one in five patients with chronic hepatitis B. That number matters. The current standard of Read More...