New drugs and treatments for aging and the illnesses associated with it are right around the corner. “The general public has no idea what’s coming,” Harvard Medical School professor David Sinclair is quoted as saying in an article in the Atlanta Journal-Consitution, “It’s not an if, but a when.”
Sinclair’s comments were part of a discussion forum on aging and longevity that closed out the recent World Science Festival at New York University, a gathering of Nobel laureate scientists from all disciplines, business leaders and philosophers.
One of the most promising substances currently in clinical trial to promote longevity is resveratrol, a substance found in red wine (and often rumored to give the French and Italians that certain joie de vivre along with remarkably good looks in old age). Resveratrol has been very successful in extending the life of laboratory mice.
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