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Taurine Rises With Age. So Why Did More Protect Old Mice?

BY NOVA CHEN · Oct 25, 2026

Taurine, the amino acid on every energy drink can, just got a surprising twist in Cell: blood levels rise with age in both humans and mice, yet raising them further still helped old mice. A Yale-led team reports better health span and fewer deaths from sepsis and inflammasome-driven inflammation. The proposed mechanism is that danger signals make macrophages dump taurine, which helps trigger the NLRP3 inflammasome, while restoring it keeps that alarm quiet. The human evidence is only observational, and the paper didn't test a human supplement dose. Here is what it shows, what other trials say about taurine doses, and who should hold off.