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Boston – SCAM WATCH

admin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:00:40 +0000

Boston. SCAM WATCH – Dr. David Sinclair sends a letter to Brian Weiss, CEO of FWM Laboratories, immediately cease and desist the use of Dr. Sinclair’s name or likeness in the promotion, advertising or sale of FWM products including Resveratrol Ultra and further to demand that FWM cease any use of the domain www.dr-sinclair-resveratrol.com and any other domains containing Dr. Sinclair’s name. A website located at www.resveratrolultra.com, FWM offers a “free trial of Resveratrol Ultra, which improperly uses a televised interview of Dr. Sinclair by Barbara Walters to suggest that Dr. Sinclair endorses Resveratrol Ultra. Likewise, FWM makes reference to Dr. Sinclair’s clinical research at Harvard in a deceptive attempt to substantiate its claims for Resveratrol Ultra, including an unsupported claim that resveratrol is effective in “fairly low concentrations.”

Philadelphia – SCAM WATCH

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:13 +0000

Philadelphia. SCAM WATCH – GlaxoSmithKline issues a written warning to John Stogner and Larry Olson of Nature’s Source for issuance of a press release implying endorsement of Nature’s Source resveratrol by Dr. Christoph Westphal and Dr. David Sinclair.

AMGEN scientists publish data

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:00:48 +0000

AMGEN scientists publish data questioning whether resveratrol is a direct activator of SIRT1 enzyme activity. The paper is based on the observation that the activation by resveratrol is substrate specific, an observation made more than 5 years ago by Drs. Brian Kennedy and Matt Kaeberlein at Washington University.

The synergistic effects of curcumin and resveratrol on xenografted colon cancer cells

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:00:46 +0000

Detroit, MI. John D. Dingell of the VA Medical Center publishes a paper in the journal Nutrition and Cancer on the synergistic effects of curcumin and resveratrol on xenografted colon cancer cells. They suspect the activity is due to attenuation of NF-kB activity. The conclude “Our current data suggest that the combination of curcumin and resveratrol could be an effective preventive/therapeutic strategy for colon cancer.”

Age-old woes, new tactic

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:00:33 +0000

Boston. The Boston Globe runs a story about the discovery of sirtuin enzymes, which are targeted by resveratrol. The founder of the sirtuin aging field, Lenny Guarente is featured. “Even my own colleagues thought I was nuts,’’ said Guarente, “But the scientific community has done a complete 180 in the past 20 years.’’

Read the Boston Globe story

Administration of resveratrol to the brain of mice improves hypoerglycemia (pre-diabetes) in mice

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:00:19 +0000

Dallas, TX. Roberto Coppari’s lab reports in Endochrinology that administration of resveratrol to the brain of mice improves hypoerglycemia (pre-diabetes) in mice. They suggest that some of the effects of resveratrol are mediated via the hypothalamus in the central nervous system. Whether orlally ingested resveratrol makes it from the bloodstream to the hypothalamus is not clear.

Chicago – SCAM WATCH

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:59 +0000

Chicago. SCAM WATCH – Oprah’s companies and Dr. Oz sue for allegedly false advertising and the “willful capitalizing on Plaintiffs’ valuable reputation.” The defendants include FWM Laboratories and Acai Berry Breeze, Rejuvinate Worldwide, Reslife, Res-V-Life, Pure Viatmins, HealthResv, RezBerries and RezActive. Individuals include James Russell, Mike Johnson, David Dube and Katherine Clements. Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief and damages.

View the Harpo-Oz complaint

The Calorie-Restriction Experiment

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:36 +0000

New York. Jon Gertner writes in the NYT “The Calorie-Restriction Experiment. “There seems little doubt that calorie restriction can have significant effects on secondary aging. A recent spate of papers in some of the world’s leading medical journals demonstrate that in small studies, human subjects following such diets experience astounding drops in cardiovascular risk factors; a forthcoming review on cancer risks in animals with such diets, moreover, suggests a stark correlation — fewer calories mean fewer tumors.”

Quest for a Long Life Gains Scientific Respect

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:00:46 +0000

Boston: A conference to discuss the future of anti-aging medicines is held at Harvard Medical School. The school’s dean opened the event and key speakers from industry and academia gave short talks. The event was covered by the New York Times in an article titled: Quest for a Long Life Gains Scientific Respect. The paper reported that SRT-501, GSK’s special formulation of resveratrol, is being tested against two cancers, multiple myeloma and colon cancer that has spread to the liver. A chemical mimic of resveratrol, known as SRT-2104, is in a Phase 2 trial for Type 2 diabetes, and in a Phase 1 trial in elderly patients. Rapamycin was also raised as a possible lifespan extending drug but with known side effects.

Dr. Christoph Westphal launches the Healthy Lifespan Insitute

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:00:18 +0000

Dr. Christoph Westphal launches the Healthy Lifespan Insitute, a non-profit organization that will make pure resveratrol availlable to the public. The organization hopes to conduct clinical trials testing the potential of longevity molecules such as resveratrol.