Wine Molecule Extends Lifespan of Fat Mice

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Wine Molecule Extends Lifespan of Fat Mice

 

By Charles Q. Choi

Special to LiveScience

posted: 01 November 2006

11:16 am ET

Mice living off cheese or meals similarly loaded with fat can

nevertheless live long, healthy lives if they also sup wine molecules, a finding

that might help improve human health, an international team of scientists now

reports.

" The big question is whether or not this will work in humans, " researcher

David Sinclair, a molecular geneticist at Harvard Medical School, told

LiveScience. If it does, " we could have a molecule that could reduce most of the

negative side-effects of obesity, which could have a major impact on the two

billion overweight people on the planet. "

Prior studies have shown that wine can help reduce the risk of heart disease

when consumed in moderation. Sinclair and his colleagues experimented with a

small anti-oxidant molecule known as resveratrol, which is highly concentrated

in the skin of grapes and abundant in red wine.

Past experiments suggest resveratrol might possess a number of potentially

beneficial properties, including anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory effects.

After first discovering that resveratrol had anti-aging properties in 2003 --

extending the lifespan of yeast by 60 percent -- Sinclair helped found Sirtris

Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge, Mass., which is developing enhanced, proprietary

formulations of resveratrol as well as synthetic molecules that mimic its

effects.

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Merlot ?

 

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