causal
Analysis v1
Strong Support
Giving old mice the drug rapamycin when they're about 600 days old helps them live longer - female mice lived about 14% longer and male mice about 9% longer than mice that didn't get the drug.
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Rapamycin fed late in life extends lifespan in genetically heterogeneous mice
Randomized Controlled Trial
Animal
2009 Jul 16The study tested exactly what the claim says - feeding rapamycin to mice starting at 600 days old - and found the same results: a 14% lifespan increase in female mice and 9% in male mice when measured at age at 90% death.
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