As for Elysium, they are actually running controlled trials that apart from Chromadex I don't see other vendors conducting. (I forgot that there is Longevenix with eye trials, and I might not know of others). I have always thought it has been great news that the Nobel laureates are convinced enough by NR and/or the model of running trials on all of their products, to help on a science advisory board. As George Church said in the article linked above, it also helps keep companies on the straight and narrow.
You make a great point and there are others.
Clinical Study link
Actually this is the very area vendors are using to differentiate themselves from one another. The science derived from the mouse and rat studies need human trial confirmation. So all a marketing gurus need do is look to the animal studies and pick the low hanging fruit and put together a human study. Its all about headlines and who can say they did what. I see a lot of fertile ground ahead where the distributers can seek to out market the next guy by confirming the science already suggested in the animal studies.
JMHO as always
PS And also this an area where Universities draw in publicity. So this approach is tried and true.
Human clinical trials currently in process
Edited by Bryan_S, 12 January 2017 - 08:22 AM.