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Next-Generation Longevity Drug Works Mouse Wonders

A potential longevity-enhancing drug has passed its final animal testing challenge, pushing closer to reality the dream of all-purpose drugs against diseases of aging.

Mice given the new drug, called SRT1720, gorged on high-fat food for four months without gaining weight or developing diabetes, and ran twice as far on a treadmill as their control-group counterparts. Similar drugs are expected to follow down the pipeline.

By Brandon Keim

Full Story: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/next-generation.html

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