[ExI] Drug makes fat mice live longer

[Dan]

Just what we need: long lived fat mice. :)
 
Regards,
 
Dan

From: john clark <jonkc at bellsouth.net>
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Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 10:13 AM
Subject: [ExI] Drug makes fat mice live longer

 
A drug has been found that extends the lifespan of fat mice by a whopping 44%, although that's still less than the lifespan of a normal thin mouse. It's not clear if the drug SRT-1720, a resveratrol analog (found in red wine), will make non-obese mice live longer; a study is underway to determine that but because thin mice live longer than fat mice there hasn't been enough time to complete it yet.   

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/19/science/19fat.html

 John K Clark
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