Topic

Biomarkers

Lab interpretation, ApoB, HbA1c, inflammatory markers, and lab trends.

May 11, 2026

The Case for Taurine: When a Molecule Crosses from Observation to Intervention

Blood levels of taurine drop by roughly eighty percent between early life and age sixty. In longevity research, we routinely observe molecules that plummet as we age, but we know that correlation is rarely causation.…

Evelyn Cross

May 7, 2026

The Case for Taurine: A Boring Molecule With Extraordinary Lifespan Data

For decades, taurine has suffered a branding problem, relegated to the neon cans of gas station energy drinks. But in longevity research, we care about data, not marketing. A landmark 2023 study published in Science f…

Evelyn Cross

May 5, 2026

The Expected Value of Taurine in the Longevity Toolkit

In 2023, the longevity community was jolted by a paper in Science demonstrating that a cheap, widely available amino acid called taurine extended the median lifespan of mice by ten to twelve percent and improved healt…