Henry gets into ‘life extension’

From The Boston Globe, Apr. 12 2007:

Boston Red Sox principal owner John Henry knows something about taking a risk and backing it up with a staggering pile of money...

...Henry's financial interest in life-extension research is actually an investment in Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Cambridge [Mass.] company preparing to go public. Sirtris is using research that found a substance extracted from red wine could extend the lifespan of yeast, hoping to develop drugs for diabetes and other metabolic problems.

NakedShorts can think of another part of the Henry empire that could use a little life-extension research, but for that you’ll have to wait until Monday.

Henry’s new big gamble
by Steven Syre