Thursday, September 25, 2003

Money for old mice: Competition seeks world's longest-lasting mouse.


aging > mice
"A contest to produce the oldest laboratory mouse, and so help to unravel the mysteries of human ageing, is launched in Britain today." This is coming on the heels of two studies that have found that a single letter change in the genetic code is responsible for a premature ageing condition. Note that if you starve the mice they live longer, (a very interesting effect that might be key in prologing the human lifespan) which is something the Greek government must never find out otherwise it will use it as a justification for its austerity plans...

Here is Nature's Web Focus on determining lifespan...

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