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GlaxoSmithKline strikes back over anti-ageing pills

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Drugs do work as thought, says pharmaceutical giant.

Drugs designed to combat age-related diseases work as claimed, according to research published last week in the Journal of Biological Chemistry1. The authors, most of whom work for the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) subsidiary Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, hope that the findings will quell debates over whether the drugs activate a key anti-ageing protein called SIRT1.

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