Resveratrol Longevity Science Makes Dramatic U-Turn, But Resveratrol Supplements Remain UnchangedMega-dose Resveratrol, Sirtuin1 gene Target Discredited; Lower Dose, Array of Small Molecules (Longevinex(R)) Exert Greater EffectWhile the red wine molecule resveratrol (rez-vair-ah-trawl) has recently attracted scientific and public attention as a ...

Efforts to tinker with the biology of ageing to treat disease and extend lifespan are beginning to resemble the split personalities of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. This week, scientists revealed that giving healthy, middle-aged mice an ingredient found in red wine fends off heart disease, bone loss and muscle atrophy. But the chemical, called ...

"It's not a matter of if, but when," said gerontologist David Sinclair of a drug that promises a long and healthy life -- not quite a fountain of youth, but perhaps a fountain of fitness. Best of all, predicted Sinclair, you'll be able to afford it. Speaking yesterday at a World Science Festival discussion on the science of ...

Is 90 the new 50?  Not yet, aging researchers say, but medical breakthroughs to significantly extend life and ease the ailments of getting older are closer than many people think. "The general public has no idea what's coming," said David Sinclair, a Harvard Medical School professor who has made headlines with research into ...

April 23 (Bloomberg) -- GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Europe's biggest drugmaker, agreed to buy Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Inc. for about $720 million, adding an experimental treatment derived from red wine that's thought to slow the effects of aging.SRT501 mimics resveratrol, which has been linked to longevity, Sirtris scientists said. The ...

A conversation with Dr. David Sinclair of The Harvard Medical School and Nicholas Wade, the science reporter for ''The New York Times'' about a groundbreaking new health study involving a molecule called resveratrol. The molecule, found in grapes and therefore wine, offsets the effects of high caloric intake in obese mice and also extends ...

From New York - While over 62 million CT scans are done yearly in the US, there is some concern that the volume of studies being done, coupled with the radiation dose from the scans, may increase the risk of cancer. Researchers estimate that CT scanning accounts for 0.4% of cancers. However, given the dramatic rise in the use of CT scans, ...

Crossposted from advancednano.blogspot.com Resveratrol helps protect against the diseases of obesity and at higher doses helps to double endurance in mice Dr. Sinclair dosed his mice daily with 22 milligrams of resveratrol for each kilogram of weight to protect them from the diseases of obesity. For an 80 kilogram man that would be 1.7 ...