.. in rats. Metabolism results in rats are notoriously bad at generalizing to humans. You can get rats to live much longer by restricting their calories; live

.. in rats. Metabolism results in rats are notoriously bad at generalizing to humans. You can get rats to live much longer by restricting their calories; live 30% shorter lives by giving them small doses of caffeine; we can cure obesity, spinal injuries, get them to regenerate nerves.. and none of it has been shown to generalize to humans. Here's a Slate article about problems with mouse research: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_mouse_trap/2011/11/lab_mice_are_they_limiting_our_understanding_of_human_disease_.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_mouse_t...