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A pill for longer life?

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A drug slows the march of time in middle-aged mice.

Rapamycin, a drug commonly used in humans to prevent transplanted organs from being rejected, has been found to extend the lives of mice by up to 14% — even when given to the mice late in life.

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  1. Harrison, D. E. et al. Nature advance online publication doi:10.1038/nature08221 (2009).

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