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Harvard professor believes anti-aging pill is only a few years away

03-Oct-2015

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If the greatest driver of disease in old age is old age itself, then why not find a cure for ageing.

David Sinclair has battled sceptics in the scientific community who claimed his work was fundamentally flawed, but now his research in journal Science shows resveratrol, a compound in red wine, prolongs lifespan and improves health in a variety of animals.

More studies were published in the Nature, Cell and The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

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Aubrey de Grey

President and Chief Science Officer at Longevity Escape Velocity (LEV) Foundation

Brian Kennedy

Prof of Biochemistry and Physiology at NUS, CSO Ponce De Leon Health

Cell

Scientific journal publishing research from many disciplines within the life sciences

Cynthia Kenyon

Calico’s vice president of aging research.

David Le Couteur

Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Sydney.

David Sinclair

Harvard professor. Author of Lifespan.

Harvard Medical School

Graduate medical school of Harvard University

J. Craig Venter

Founder, Chairman and CEO at J. Craig Venter Institute and Author

Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC)

Scientific Journal providing information about biological chemistry and similar disciplines.

Nature

Scientific journal covering research from a variety of academic disciplines, mostly in science and technology

Rafael de Cabo

Senior researcher in the field of gerontology at National Institute on Aging

Science

Peer-reviewed academic online journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Stanford University

Private research university, one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions

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Anti-Aging