>Because the two active compounds in Basis, pterostilbene and NR, are natural (occurring in blueberries and milk, respectively) and have long been available separately as supplements, Elysium has been able to skip the FDA gauntlet and sell its capsules immediately.<p>Combined with:
> while animal studies have been encouraging, the company is selling a product whose effects on humans have yet to be proved.<p>Suggests this article is little more than Click bait.<p>This article feels like an advertisement. Not necessarily for the drug, but the inventor, in an effort to revive funding
It doesn't matter what scientists claim, it only matters what scientists can demonstrate, reproducible, and subject to review. I get it though, I wish I were a lot less skeptical and could believe in something that would ease the terror. Maybe in 30 years or so I'll choose on some level to fantasize rather than be terrified. Maybe there will be other options, but I doubt that this pill is one of them.