Friday, November 03, 2006

SirT1 update

Some people actually think that SirT1 is an important protein. Despite the fact that it is non-essential and doesn't affect p53 biological functions.
However hitting the mainstream media is a story that supports these peoples beliefs. Apparently not only does resveratrol (that Sir2 depedant life-extending molecule) extend the life of worms it looks like it works in mice. Even if they are not calorie restricted.
Basically eat what you want and drink red wine.


1 comments:

Anonymous Coward said...

I think the authors of the SIR2/p53 paper were just throwing us a red herring, so they can grab the methuselah prize.