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Re:Scientists engineer mice genomes to lengthen their lifesp... by sparky_ on Thursday December 15, 2016 @09:49PM (#13190690)
I had the same thought. This puts an asterisk on the integrity of the report IMHO.

Doxycycline has also been shown to greatly increase life expectancy! Of patients currently suffering from bacterial infection.

Re:Scientists engineer mice genomes to lengthen their lifesp... by tominous on Thursday December 15, 2016 @09:54PM (#13190710)
Yes and tetracyclines like doxycycline affect mitochondrial function and may confound the research in that way too.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2015.02.034