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Harvard Prof’s Ties to Supplement Maker Questioned

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Another medical researcher is under fire for questionable financial ties.  According to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal, David Sinclair, a professor at Harvard Medical School sat on the scientific advisory board of supplement maker Shaklee Corp., where he helped promote a product that claimed life-extending properties.  Sinclair left his seat on the Shaklee board after the Journal raised questions about his support of the company’s Vivix Cellular Anti-Aging Tonic.

Harvard Anti-Aging Researcher Quits Shaklee Advisory Board

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

A prominent anti-aging researcher quit the scientific advisory board of a dietary-supplement maker after six months.