Molecular Biologist Seeks To “Revolutionize The Way People Age.”

reports in “Health & Science” on efforts by Harvard Medical School genetics professor David Sinclair, a “molecular biologist” who “wants to revolutionize the way people age.” Sinclair, who co-directs Harvard’s Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Molecular Biology of Aging, seeks “to create a pill that could simultaneously combat Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, diabetes and heart disease to ensure that people live longer, healthier lives.” He is currently investigating the compound resveratrol and is also exploring how the protein SIRT1 may be “involved in cardiovascular disease. “ In an interview with the Post, Sinclair stated, “I would love for the US Food and Drug Administration to regard aging as a condition that’s worth treating.” Sinclair admits to “testing molecules” on himself not only with the goal of extending life, but also stretching out “the healthy period” in life. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/this-serious-scientist-is-working-on-an-anti-aging-pill--and-taking-it-himself/2015/08/17/07628214-3179-11e5-8f36-18d1d501920d_story.html