STAT+: Taurine, a darling of longevity seekers, is found to be unreliable biomarker for aging
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Vijay Yadav warned people not to start downing taurine \u2014 an amino acid abundant in plants, animals and some energy drinks<\/a> \u2014 just because his mice and monkey study suggested<\/a> it might be an elixir for long life. But that doesn\u2019t mean they listened.<\/p>\n \u201cThe other day, I was talking to I think the scientific director of one of the largest pharma in the U.S., he was taking 14 grams of taurine per day,\u201d said Yadav, or roughly 14 Red Bulls\u2019 worth. \u201cHe asked me, \u2018is it appropriate?\u2019 I said, \u2018I cannot recommend.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n New results published<\/a> Thursday have vindicated Yadav\u2019s caution \u2014 while casting doubt on his headline-grabbing 2023 results that made taurine a staple ingredient for biohackers wary of their ever-shrinking mortal coils. The data are a reminder of just how messy and complicated longevity studies can be, and how elusive treatments, or even just reliable markers, for aging remain.\u00a0<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n