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[ironfistx]

Thread from a year ago.  Forbes says it's good: www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2023/06/13/a-dietary-supplement-that-might-really-work

 

News articles from a few days ago:

 

https://www.westernm...n-blood-cancer/

 

https://people.com/c...cancer-11735858

 

https://www.fox9.com...er-growth-study

 

https://www.northjer...ng/83673571007/

 

 

[Vitalist]

A guy on X did a good job of debunking that article. 

 

Let's look at the ACTUAL study published in Nature before everyone gets completely hysterical. 

 

1. It focused specifically on MYELOID LEUKEMIA in mice, not humans or other cancers 

 

2. The research primarily looked at endogenous taurine PRODUCED WITHIN BONE MARROW, not supplemental taurine 

 

3. The study was a pre-existing disease model -- it used mice that ALREADY HAD LEUKEMIA or were genetically modified to develop it 

 

4. Many of the experiments involved GENETIC DELETION of taurine transporters... not exactly the same as taking or avoiding a supplement

 

 

 

https://x.com/MicroB...597491359744317

[Mind]

It is amazing how much poor science exists in the medical/nutrition research space. Here is a LongeCity thread that has been covering the scandal for many years.

 

This particular paper is not "junk" or "fraudulent", only that it is not likely relevant to humans. Unfortunately, the popular media in the US is terrible and portrays everything as "the end of the world".