Can taurine and vitamin B12 improve your health? - Vijay Yadav @TheSheekeyScienceShow

Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

In this video I spoke with Vijay Yadav, Assistant Professor at the Department of Genetics and Development at Columbia university researching functional connections between human metabolism and disorders. Earlier this year his team published on the role of taurine and how supplementation in a mouse models improved many markers of health. Here we discuss Vijay’s interest and research further.

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TIMESTAMPS:
Intro - 00:00
Early work in reproductive endocrinology - 01:00
Vitamin B12 - 08:00
Taurine - 19:00
Human clinical trials - 41:30

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