Transfusing young blood and freezing heads may get most of the anti-aging and life-extension buzz, but don’t count out the molecule hunters: After setbacks and stumbles and what critics called debacles, these scientists are figuring out which biochemicals might potentially, possibly be fountains of youth in pill form.
In the latest advance, biologists reported on Thursday that a molecule already sold by supplement makers (even as scientists scramble to understand it) restored youthfulness to blood vessels in 20-month-old mice, an age comparable to 70 years in people. The research supports the idea that boosting certain genes and molecules that fade with age could keep people functional, resilient, and even spry well into their 80s, even without living longer.
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The article in Cell also showed a synergistic relationship of nmn and NaHS. No mention of that here.
What are the best supplements for a 60 year old man who wants to stay active?
I would like to know the answer to this. I take a lot of supplements and whether or not they do any good is hard to say. I just turned 70.
GSK shut down the Resveratrol operation. J&J did the same thing with Tens.
Did GSK shut down the operation because it competed with their line of research? Who knows. The profit motive causes strange things to happen.
Especially since we know that Resveratrol stops the inflammatory process in Alzheimer’s.