Build a better mouse: of mice, men, and aging.(Citings)(the Methuselah mouse prize has many baby boomers showing an interest)(Brief Article)

From: Reason | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright information

FORGET THE X Prize. What's so great about sending a couple of people 100 kilometers up in the sky? The Methuselah Mouse Prize has a more interesting goal: getting a mouse to have an unusually long and healthy life.

The prize is named after Methuselah--the longest-lived human being, according to the Bible, which says he survived 969 years. If scientists can reliably lengthen the lives of mice, prize organizers believe, they will be well on their way to finding out how to do the same thing for people. The underlying insight is that, since 99 percent of the 30,000 or so mouse ...

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