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In people with moderate to severe kidney disease, taking either nicotinamide riboside or coenzyme Q10 for six weeks seems to change how certain genes work in the blood — one affects energy and fat processing, while the other influences immunity and stress, suggesting they work in different ways.
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The study gave people with kidney disease either NR or CoQ10 and found that each changed gene activity in different ways—NR affected energy-related genes, and CoQ10 affected immune and stress genes—just like the claim says.
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