New Fountain of Youth: Red Wine Pills

GlaxoSmithKline developing drugs based on  resveratrol

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

You've no doubt heard that drinking red wine is good for your health. But  scientists and Big Pharma alike are getting excited about putting the  health-boosting essence of red wine in pill form. GlaxoSmithKline is working on  a slew of new pills that do just that, the Daily Mail reports, after a recent study  in the journal Scienceshowed the huge potential of  resveratrol, a chemical found in red wine. Resveratrol activates a protein  called SIRT1, which is believed to have an anti-aging effect.

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