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Drinking urine to improve health is an ancient practice, but the risks outweigh the evidence

TV star Ben Grylls says he does it for survival—and teaches his reality show contestants to do the same. Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez practiced this therapy to train for his 2009 fight with Floyd ...
RealClearScience

Drinking Pee Is an Ancient Practice, But It Lacks Evidence

TV star Ben Grylls says he does it for survival – and teaches his reality show contestants to do the same. Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez practised this therapy to train for his 2009 fight with ...
Reuters

Fact Check: No evidence that ‘urine therapy’ cures COVID-19

An anti-vaccine activist is claiming that consuming urine is the “antidote” to the COVID-19 virus. Examples can be seen here and here. Sign up here. The text in one post reads: “After being arrested ...
The Conversation

Is urine sterile? Do urine ‘therapies’ work? Experts debunk common pee myths

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Business Wire

ASC Therapeutics Announces Partnership With University of Massachusetts Medical School to Co-Develop Novel Gene Therapy for Maple Syrup Urine Disease

MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ASC Therapeutics, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of transformative in-vivo gene replacement, gene editing and allogeneic cell ...
The Conversation

Drinking pee to improve health is an ancient practice – but the risks outweigh the evidence

TV star Ben Grylls says he does it for survival – and teaches his reality show contestants to do the same. Mexican boxer Juan Manuel Márquez practised this therapy to train for his 2009 fight with ...