EU SCIENTISTS DEBUNK ANTI-AGEING CREAM CLAIMS
October 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded scientists have debunked assumptions that by promoting production of a protein called sirtuin, anti-ageing creams can keep skin looking young, fresh and wrinkle-free. Personal care product companies have claimed that sirtuin is activated by the plant-based drug resveratrol. But its affect has now been disputed by research funded from the EU's PROTEOMAGE and LIFESPAN projects. Scientists examined the nematode worm, because previous tests had shown longer lived specimens had higher levels of sirtuin. But this time, they ...
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