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The Age
13-06-2025
- Health
- The Age
The June 14 Edition
Aussie-born, Harvard-based genetics professor David Sinclair is famous for all the right reasons – and quite a few of the wrong ones, too. Remember the craze for resveratrol in the early 2000s – the so-called elixir-of-youth compound in red wine, grapes and berries? Sinclair's research claimed resveratrol triggered a class of enzymes that retard ageing. The results so impressed pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that it paid $US720 million for his research – only to find, after five years of follow-up, it couldn't replicate his results. Since then, Sinclair's big claims have been repeatedly questioned, as you'll find in Jane Cadzow's cover story today. – Greg Callaghan, acting editor.
Sydney Morning Herald
13-06-2025
- Health
- Sydney Morning Herald
The June 14 Edition
Aussie-born, Harvard-based genetics professor David Sinclair is famous for all the right reasons – and quite a few of the wrong ones, too. Remember the craze for resveratrol in the early 2000s – the so-called elixir-of-youth compound in red wine, grapes and berries? Sinclair's research claimed resveratrol triggered a class of enzymes that retard ageing. The results so impressed pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) that it paid $US720 million for his research – only to find, after five years of follow-up, it couldn't replicate his results. Since then, Sinclair's big claims have been repeatedly questioned, as you'll find in Jane Cadzow's cover story today. – Greg Callaghan, acting editor.
