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Scientists led by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are exploring the elaborate interplay between genes, sex, growth, and age and how they influence variation in longevity.
Elevian is one of several companies searching for ways to increase life span — in this case, using a protein called GDF11. But challenges lie ahead.
Peter Attia A paper was recently published in Science by investigators from Washington University that tested the effect of a high dose of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) in overweight or obese postmenopausal pre-diabetic women. It was a tiny study — 13 in the treatment group and 12 in the placebo group — but it found one statistically significant difference between the placebo and treatment groups: improved muscle insulin sensitivity. NMN, like nicotinamide riboside, or NR for short (commercially sold as “Basis,” “Tru Niagen,” and probably others), is an oral precursor to N...