Subject: Scientists Unveil Giant Leap Toward Immortality Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:24 am
Scientists Unveil Giant Leap Toward Immortality
While our cells have an innate capability to repair DNA damage—which happens every time we go out into the sun, for example – their ability to do this declines as we age. The scientists identified that the metabolite NAD+, which is naturally present in every cell of our body, has a key role as a regulator in protein-to-protein interactions that control DNA repair. Treating mice with a NAD+ precursor, or “booster,” called NMN improved their cells’ ability to repair DNA