Participants: Healthy adults 
Dosage: An escalating dose of niacin (250-1000 mg/day) for 16 weeks

Finnish scientists used a new measurement system to detect low NAD+ levels in blood samples from people with a range of age-related conditions, but not in healthy older individuals.


Principal Investigator of the study, Dr. Anu Suomalainen (image: helenski.fi).

Harvard: Microbiome Depletion Rejuvenates the Aging Brain

Harvard researchers find that aged mice lacking gut bacteria exhibit a brain more like that of young mice. 

The Principal Investigator of the study, Dr. Lee Rubin (image: harvard.edu). 

Brain &amp; Neurons

Model: Young (2- to 4-month-old) and aged (9- to 10-month-old) C57Bl/6JR mice, APP/PS1 mice, and 5xFAD mice 
Dosage: 0.2 mg/mL of doxycycline in drinking water starting at least 7 days before surgery and ceased 2 days before the partial cellular reprogramming window for engram tagging, after which it was immediately reintroduced

Gene Therapy Restores Cognitive Function in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease

Delivering a gene therapy targeting ensembles of neurons that store memories restores learning and memory capabilities in mouse models of aging and Alzheimer’s disease.

(The study’s principal investigator, Professor Johannes Gräff | 24 Heures)

A partial cellular reprogramming gene therapy targeting memory trace cells restores facets of learning and memory in aged mice and those modeling Alzheimer’s disease.

Participants: Healthy middle-aged adults 
Dosage: 1200 mg/day of NR for 4 weeks

NR Raises NAD+ 2-Fold More than NMN

NR (nicotinamide riboside) raises blood NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) levels more than NMN (nicotinamide mononucleotide) in healthy adults. 

Some of the researchers on the study, Dr. Christian Dölle (left) and Dr. Charalampos Tzoulis (middle) from the University of Bergen in Norway (image: uib.no). 

Model: 22-month-old male C57BL/6NIH mice 
Dosage: 400 mg/kg of NR for eight weeks, administered in food

Treating aged mice with the NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) precursor NR (nicotinamide riboside) improves memory and reduces pro-inflammatory immune cells.

Senior members of the research team, Dr. Bruce R. Troen and Dr. Kenneth L. Seldeen (image: buffalo.edu).  

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