Transplant drug helps mice live longer
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 15:00
in Health & Medicine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An antibiotic pill originally developed to help prevent rejection in organ transplant patients helps mice live longer and might offer a route to fighting age-related disease in people, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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