Pharmaceutical Fountain of Youth Could Cost Pennies


	Pharmaceutical Fountain of Youth Could Cost Pennies

Beholder

6-3-2008 7:16 AM

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longevity, drugs

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Five years ago, Sinclair, a Harvard University professor and co-founder of Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, discovered the molecule resveratrol. It targets a gene activated by calorically restricted diets, which have extended the lifespans of laboratory animals from yeast to monkeys.

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