Is taurine the 'fountain of youth'? Researchers found that deficiencies in the amino acid, called taurine, seemed to be a prime driver of aging.
"Whatever we checked, taurine-supplemented mice were healthier and appeared younger than the control mice," said study leader Vijay Yadav, an assistant professor of genetics and development at Columbia University, in New York City.
One major caution, the researchers and other experts said, is that mice and monkeys, studied in a controlled lab setting, are not people living their complicated lives out in the world."We do not recommend that people go out and buy taurine off the shelf," Yadav said.should be put to the test in a clinical trial.
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