The Science of Aging
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 1:58 pm
NAD: Reverse Aging Without Starvation
Scientist at Harvard and UC Berkeley say that results observed in a test on mice suggest that it might be possible to transform the functioning of a 60-year-old human into that of a person in their twenties. The article goes into the experiment and the biological mechanisms underlying the age reversal observed in mice. Any application to humans might be 10 or 20 years off, if at all, but this is an intriguing experiment.
LINK: http://www.science20.com/news_articles/nad_reverse_aging_without_starvation-126754
Scientist at Harvard and UC Berkeley say that results observed in a test on mice suggest that it might be possible to transform the functioning of a 60-year-old human into that of a person in their twenties. The article goes into the experiment and the biological mechanisms underlying the age reversal observed in mice. Any application to humans might be 10 or 20 years off, if at all, but this is an intriguing experiment.
The background to the research is that as we age, levels of the chemical NAD, which facilitate this cellular 'communication', decline. The only way to slow the NAD drop was to restrict calories and exercise intensively. In this work, the researchers used a compound that cells transform into NAD to repair the broken network and rapidly restore communication and mitochondrial function. It mimics the effects of diet and exercise.
LINK: http://www.science20.com/news_articles/nad_reverse_aging_without_starvation-126754