Resveratrol

News agencies recently aired a report that a human study was suddenly halted due to safety concerns over the combined use of a drug, SRT501 modeled after resveratrol, combined with a toxic chemotherapy cancer drug, bortezomib (Velcade), among patients with myeloma (bone marrow cancer). The combination of drugs was suggested by researchers in attempt to [...]

Results from a recently published scientific study display that resveratrol may inhibit the production of protein chunks – called amyloid fibrils. The fibrils – created from beta-amyloid protein – typically combine into the unique plaques generally present in people suffering from Alzheimer’s .
Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia that steals people of their ability [...]

I read a recent article from the LA Times online that discussed the properties of resveratrol, the science, the research, the hype , etc. The article interviewed mentioned some prominent individuals involved in the research and many of the scientists say the research is compelling but it will be years until they can definitively say [...]

Experiments dating back to the 1930s, conducted by Dr. Clive McKay at Cornell University, have shown that feeding laboratory animals about a third fewer calories than they would eat freely, without causing malnutrition, can dramatically increase their longevity.
Mice in this situation have lived four years longer than normal, a 40 percent increase. Moreover, they [...]