[DIYbio] Possibility of Open source NAD for muscle rejuvenation?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25445748

NAD has been found to have the capability of restoring 60 year old muscles to function as 20 year old muscles.  This is not only excellent news for muscles; but also for diseases such as type 2 diabetes which can be helped by having healthy muscle that can process glucose.

The problem is that the treatment currently cost $1,000 per gram which would mean it would cost about $46,000 a day for treatment.  

This sounds like an opensource bio challenge.  Can we find a more efficient way to produce NAD, make it available for anyone and avoid the huge pharma markup?

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