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They looked into the effect of NMN (Nicotinamide Mononucleotide) on lung adenocarcinoma (a type of lung cancer) cells.

It may be that high levels of NMN inhibited lung cancer growth by causing cancer cell death via ferroptosis, acting through a pathway involving NAM, SIRT1, AMPK and ACC.

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Yeah this kind if work is usually meh. It’s unclear if the high concentration is physically relevant in humans, plus it’s not clear if it causes any other problems, and plus it’s not clear how it compares to existing treatments. So maybe promising but v v early

Obligatory XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1217/

You cannot completely reject it, this is the first step, the next is human clinical trials.

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