'Rewired' mice show signs of longer lives with fewer age-related illnesses
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 03:31
in Health & Medicine
While developing a new cancer drug, researchers discovered that mice lacking a specific protein live longer lives with fewer age-related illnesses. The mice, which lack the TRAP-1 protein, demonstrated less age related tissue degeneration, obesity, and spontaneous tumor formation when compared to normal mice. Their findings could change how scientists view the metabolic networks within cells.