Wine…in pill form

I'm all for drug development in diabetes. But I still prefer taking my resveratrol by the glass, preferably in the form of a pinot noir…

 

Some day, if all goes well in the lab, you may be able to take a pill instead. And Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, a pioneer of the approach, just reported results from an early study in diabetic patients. The company's drug, code-named SRT501, is based on resveratrol — a chemical found in red wine.