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Revelations into resveratrol's mechanism

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Leonard Guarente

More than 300 years ago, John Ray recorded the old English proverb “there are more ways to kill a dog than hanging,” which has since been updated to involve a feline creature and an even more ghastly demise. It may find a still more au courant phrasing when the final story is told of how resveratrol, a polyphenol found in red wine, provides benefits to metabolic health.

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L.G. is co-chair of the Sirtris Scientific Advisory Board. The other authors declare no conflict of interest.

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