Pavel Sokolovsky

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under the microscope · Aug 2020

New drug target in humans activates brown fat to burn excess energy

“Scientists have shown how to activate energy-burning brown fat in mice, which helps shed weight and improves health. Results have been hard to replicate in humans, but a new study has found that we might be targeting the wrong receptor in our bodies.” | learn more

tech, startups, internet · Nov 2018

How a promising anti-aging field turned into a battleground. 

“In 2013, David Sinclair, a geneticist at Harvard, published a high-profile paper showing that aging mice became more youthful when they were dosed with a NAD-enhancing compound.” Now there are two high-profile well-financed direct-to-consumer companies selling supplements that increase NAD. Interesting tech and business nuances to this situation! |learn more