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Sinclair: Metformin and NAD boosters reduced calculated biological age from 57 to 31
“I took metformin, Kristen mentioned, which is a diabetes drug. I took another molecule that we've worked on called, it raises NAD, we call them NAD boosters, and I saw that my bio-age, according to this algorithm, went down to 31.4 from 57 point something, and…”
David Sinclair Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:38 a16z Podcast | How to Live Longer and Better
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Sinclair: Longevity tools will extend human lifespan by 5 to 15 years
“And those three combined, I think, are going to dramatically increase human health span and lifespan by somewhere between five and 15 years in our lifetimes.”
David Sinclair Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:17 a16z Podcast | How to Live Longer and Better
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Sinclair: Epigenetic reprogramming could enable five-year biological age resets
“There is actually evidence in a mouse that you can reverse some of those so-called epigenetic analog changes with aging, and that's truly the next frontier in my view, because that really could lead to true Aging reset, and you just go to the doctor every five…”
David Sinclair Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:38 a16z Podcast | How to Live Longer and Better
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Sinclair: Companies he advises are running anti-aging human trials
“A couple of companies that I work with have been doing trials for a number of years now, and they seem to be working as advertised, but it's pretty hard to actually show that they're reversing aging. So we're going off to particular diseases.”
David Sinclair Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:36 a16z Podcast | How to Live Longer and Better
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Sinclair: A 10% cancer reduction saves the U.S. $3-4 trillion
“The economists have calculated that just reducing one major disease, let's say cancer, by just 10%, The U.S. Would save about three, four trillion dollars in the long run.”
David Sinclair Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:25 a16z Podcast | How to Live Longer and Better
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