Meet Ike, the drug test subject that lived to be 140
A team of investigators in Seattle recently had a chance to celebrate a test subject’s 140th birthday. Or, at least the mouse version of 140, which turns out to be 1,400 days.
Named Ike after one of the researcher’s relatives, the mouse was treated with rapamycin during late rodent middle age. A powerful immunosuppressive drug used to prevent organ transplant rejection, rapamycin appeared to help rejuvenate Ike and his mouse pack, say the researchers, led by University of Washington’s Matt Kaeberlein, who’s been deeply involved in aging research.
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