The war against aging is being fought as we speak in the United States military, which is ready to test a new “anti-aging” pill. The reported benefits of this “anti-aging” pill are said to be improved “endurance, recovery time after injury, and response time.”
Navy Commander Tim Hawkins, more specifically, calls this experimental pill a “human performance small molecule.” In his eyes, the goal here is “enhancing mission readiness by improving performance characteristics that typically decline with age.” This pill would be more along the lines of a multivitamin or a protein powder, rather than a “drug.” So, it wouldn’t, then, be put under the same scrutiny that a “drug” would be placed under while seeking FDA approval.
The long-form name of this molecule is nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, but you can call it “NAD+,” for short. Since 2018, the military has spent $2.8 million to find out what can, and can’t, be treated by the pill, what degenerating human traits can, or can’t, be boosted by it, and what the side effects might be, if any. Lucky human guinea pigs can look forward to the initial doses going into their bodies at some point next year.
Source:Breaking Defense
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