Benjamin Thompson
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746 appearances
10 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 2 Sep
Benjamin Thompson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Shibe Knusen has been thinking about age related diseases since he was a teenager.
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His grandmother had Alzheimer's disease, and his grandfather had Parkinson's.
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I was young, and I thought this was something that we must be able to fix, he says.
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In the years since he has landed on a molecule that seems to stimulate DNA repair, extend lifespan in fruit flies, and improve memory in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
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Although Scheibik Nürsen hasn't published on it yet, he has received funding from the Lundbeck Foundation in Denmark to develop the compound into a drug.
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I'm very enthusiastic about this, but we'll see how it pans out, he says.
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Beyond Meyer's Fucoidan study, six other human studies are underway at a clinical trial center that opened last year at the National University of Singapore's Academy for Healthy Longevity.
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One of those studies is investigating nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, or NAD, a key metabolite involved in energy production and DNA repair.
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Supplements that aim to raise NAD levels are widely marketed as boosting energy and promoting longevity.
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But there's little evidence backing up the claims, says Meyer.
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Although NAD is clearly important for mitochondrial function, she says, quote, there is huge hype, end quote.
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That's why the study is asking, quote, how much do you need?
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How can we measure it?
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she says.
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Quote, and if we're supplementing it, what kinds of effects do we have?
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Maya has also founded a longevity clinic that includes personalized NAD testing and supplementation among its offerings.
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Because the molecules being tested probably have multiple targets, Maya's team tries to measure many hallmarks of aging, including senescence, epigenetic alterations, and mitochondrial dysfunction, as well as oxidative stress and other aspects of DNA quality.
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Lifestyle factors such as exercise, diet and smoking also have an important role in genome stability, she says.
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lead to DNA damage but might also influence repair capacity.
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