When Sirtris Pharmaceuticals met with New York investors earlier this year and word got out that Red Sox [team stats] owner John Henry had invested in the company, some of the deep-pocketed Yankees fans joked that the high-flying Sox at the time must be using resveratrol.Cambridge-based Sirtris was thrust into the limelight last year when studies showed resveratrol, a compound found in red wine that Sirtris has found a way to deliver in high concentrations, may be a key to longevity.
