Taurine, an amino acid in the human body, "could be an elixir of life within us that helps us live longer and healthier lives," said Dr Vijay Yadav, assistant professor of genetics and development at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in the United States.Īnd as taurine is also found in staples such as beef, chicken, milk and pork – and is added as an ingredient in energy drinks – it should be easy to top up.Īssist Prof Yadav teamed up with "dozens of ageing researchers around the world” to look into how taurine affects mice, monkeys and worms. That’s about the same as the gross domestic products (GDPs) of Nepal or Estonia, going by World Bank estimates.īut it could well be that one of the most important potential bulwarks against getting old early lies within us all.
Delaying old age might be a pipedream – more the stuff of airport novels and Celtic tales – but that has not deterred people from trying to find ways to stall or hide the ineluctable.Īfter all, the global anti-ageing market, taking in medicines, creams and other such would-be elixirs, was worth US$37 billion (RM170.77 billion) in 2021, according to market research company Euromonitor.
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