Red Wine Ingredient Shows Promise Against Aging

(Red wine may be much more potent than was thought in extending human life-span, researchers say in a report that is likely to give impetus to the rapidly growing search for longevity drugs.
The recent study is based on dosing mice with resveratrol, an ingredient of some red wines. Some scientists are already taking resveratrol in capsule form but others believe it is far too early to take the drug, especially using wine as its source, until there is better data on its safety and effectiveness.
The report is part of a new wave of interest in drugs that may enhance longevity. On June 2, Sirtris, a startup founded in 2004 to develop drugs with the same effects as resveratrol, completed its sale to GlaxoSmithKline for $720 million.
Sirtris is seeking to develop drugs that activate protein agents known in people as sirtuins. "The upside is so huge that, if we are right, the company that dominates the sirtuin space could dominate the pharmaceutical industry and change medicine," David Sinclair of Harvard Medical School, a co-founder of the company, said Tuesday.
Serious scientists have long derided the idea of life-extending elixirs, but the door has now been opened to drugs that exploit an ancient biological survival mechanism, that of switching the body's resources from fertility to tissue maintenance. The improved tissue maintenance seems to extend life by cutting down on the degenerative diseases of aging.)
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Did they says how much Red Wine you have to have daily to get the effect of the pill they are feeding the mice. Sounds interesting. We all want to live longer but it would also be nice to be able to be active too.

Yup...I can see it now! It reinvigorates your tissues...so you have great skin...but cannot hear, see, move or walk at age 113! And don't know who you are. And they won't let you die. I look forward to THAT nightmare!

I look forward to aging.It,s my destiny.Why would anyone not want to get older and eventually die.We are supposed to do that.Its normal and natural.

Obviously, the only true solution for everyone, is to drink alot of wine and smoke alot of cigarettes at the SAME TIME!