Biotech Startup Aims to Harness New NAD+-Related Drug Against Aging

The longevity biotech company, MetaShape, has a new compound designed to restore cellular nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) and offset elevated cholesterol, cognitive decline, and neurodegeneration.

Supplementing with ergothioneine — a compound found in lion’s mane mushrooms — enhances the verbal memory of elderly individuals. 

(Image: marthastewart.com) Lion’s mane mushrooms.

New Study Shows How Boosting NAD+ Could Protect Against Parkinson’s

Recent research from Zhejiang University School of Medicine in Hangzhou, China, demonstrates that administering NAD+ precursors to mice can safeguard the brain against neurodegeneration

(Zhejiang University School of Medicine | Panda Admission)

Brain &amp; Neurons

<p>Model: Male Wistar rats (4-month-old young rats and 24-month-old old rats)</p>
<p>Dosage: Oral administration of the trypsin inhibitor tranexamic acid in drinking water for 14 days at a minimum dose of 0.39 g/kg/day after consuming about 40 mL/day of water</p>


Newly Proposed Aging Mechanism: Digestive Enzymes May Be Eating Us from Within

University of California, San Diego researchers show digestive enzyme leakage from the intestines contributes to organ damage in old rats, offering what may be a new way to explain aging.

(Principal investigator, Geert Schmid-Schönbein | voiceofsandiego.org)

Aging &amp; Longevity

A molecule found in the plasma of exercised mice reverses the brain aging of sedentary mice. 

(Image: UCSF.edu) Senior author Saul Villeda, PhD. 

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Biotech Startup Aims to Harness New NAD+-Related Drug Against Aging

Ergothioneine Longevity Supplement Enhances Verbal Memory

New Study Shows How Boosting NAD+ Could Protect Against Parkinson’s

Newly Proposed Aging Mechanism: Digestive Enzymes May Be Eating Us from Within

Scientists Identify a Molecule that Mimics the Anti-Aging Effects of Exercise on the Brain